Most theoretical work since the proposals of Hebb (1949) and Hayek (1952) has relied upon particular forms of dependent synaptic rules in… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“The human brain has billions of neurons and hundreds of billions of interconnections. It can process more than two million bits of… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
I think my characters with my fingers, I think my characters with my guts. But when I say I think them, that… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
We are using the neurons, our identity, to constantly maintain our identity. Whether you are awake, asleep, or dreaming, this process is… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Neurons are living cells with a metabolism. And they need glucose in order to function. Glucose is the fuel of the brain,… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
In the brain, you have connections between the neurons called synapses, and they can change. All your knowledge is stored in those… — Geoffrey Hinton Copy Share Image
“most expensive in the body, second only to the heart. Neurons may be small, but they’re costly to make and maintain, consuming… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
There is no real independent self, aloof from other human beings, inspecting the world, inspecting other people. You are, in fact, connected… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
There are 100 billion neurons in the adult human brain, and each neuron makes something like 1,000 to 10,000 contacts with other… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to… — Michael Merzenich Copy Share Image
Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
There is a neuron in your brain that will respond only to pictures of Jennifer Aniston - provided you have had prior… — John Medina Copy Share Image
As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100… — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
Imagine something a million times more powerful than your smartphone that is the size of a brain cell interfacing with your biological… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
Such a bandwidth! God, who may not have a brain made of neurons, or a CPU made of silicon, but if he… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
One part puzzle mixed with one part racer with just a dash of art and music just to blend everything together, 'Dyad'… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“Neurons that fire together wire together.” What this means in terms of memory is that the more intense the activity is between… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
We started all this research way back in the early 1990s, developing a technique that allows us to record the electrical signals… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
You probably think Stephen Hawking is in that wheelchair because of a motor neuron disease. But if you got as much barely-legal… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“They are part of the nervous system because of the role calcium has in the working of neurons, and they are part… — Leslie Kaminoff Copy Share Image
My mitochondria comprise a very large proportion of me. I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation… — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
Since the universe must contain millions of appropriate planets, consciousness in some form - but not with the paired eyes and limbs,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“During the twentieth century, neuroscientists and psychologists also came to more fully appreciate the astounding complexity of the human brain. Inside our… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“astrocytes, and Myron’s discus thrower was using his neurons. For the astrocyte to be the root of thought, it must be able… — Andrew Koob Copy Share Image
It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a healthy man with a young family struck… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
Most of the different types of cells in our body die and are replaced every few weeks or months. However, neurons, the… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
The newborn infant is now seen to be wired with awesome precision... This marvelous robot will be launched into the world under… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
It's this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what's it made of? It's made… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
“Our brains contain one hundred billion nerve cells (neurons). Each neuron makes links with ten thousand other neurons to form an incredible… — Nessa Carey Copy Share Image
