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
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
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
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Oh, love is very much a physical thing.... I realize that it's very complicated, and I'm sure it can't be traced to… — Alan Lightman 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 brain is the most complicated organ in the universe. We have learned a lot about other human organs. We know how… — Francis Collins 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
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
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
“even while it’s true that we are tied to our molecules and proteins and neurons—as strokes and hormones and drugs and microorganisms… — David Eagleman 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
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
We actually do generate some new cells, some new neurons. So in the case of trauma there is the potential for there… — Jill Bolte Taylor 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
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations. — Diane Ackerman 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
We assume that we have free will and that we make decisions, but we don't. Neurons do. We decide that this sum… — Rodolfo Llinas Copy Share Image
When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a… — Fritjof Capra 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
“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
Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
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