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
“When your brain is always engaged, when your neurons are always firing, when you find yourself in a continual mode of reacting… — Jeff Davidson Copy Share Image
The brain, or cerebrum, is a material entity located inside the skull which may be inspected, touched, weighed, and measured. It is… — Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado 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
The ability to double our biomass - not by waiting several million years and growing to be the size of an elephant… — John Medina 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
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 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
The structure of the human brain is enormously complex. It contains about 10 billion nerve cells (neurons), which are interlinked in a… — Fritjof Capra 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
Children have a ton of mirror neurons when they are babies and kids and they mimic what they see and so heroes… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
I once did a radio program with a famous materialist, that is to say a scientist who believed that absolutely everything was… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
