I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, nor did I have access to information like you do today… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“An autistic's default mode network, or how noisy or active a brain is when it's at rest, is 42% higher than that… — Sol Smith Copy Share Image
Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“On the path of awakening, it's natural to experience some upheaval, dark nights of the soul, or unnerving groundlessness when the foundation… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
As modern-day neuroscience tells us, we are never in touch with the present, because neural information-processing itself takes time. Signals take time… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
Barry L. Jacobs and colleagues from the neuroscience program at Princeton University showed that when mice ran every day on an exercise… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“Genetics, accidents of birth or events in early childhood have left criminals' brains and bodies with measurable flaws predisposing them to committing… — Adrian Raine Copy Share Image
For the last century of neuroscience, lots of people have tried to control neurons using all sorts of different technologies - pharmacology… — Edward Boyden Copy Share Image
From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“You can learn from brain scientists how to strengthen what's weak, make flexible what's rigid, and heal what might be broken.” — Jennifer Fraser Copy Share Image
Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience,… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
“That day, the great mind in neuroscience Michael A. Persinger, who is now a good friend of mine, made me realize that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Morality does not come from a book, it comes from the human mind.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I wondered if there was a way to teach people how to use their imaginations in prayer and worship. So I began… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“It's a general moral principle that the more power you have over someone, the greater your duty to use that power benevolently.… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“The point is not to resist painful experiences or grasp at pleasant ones: that's a kind of craving - and craving leads… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
“The apparent wall between your body and the world is more like a picket fence. And between your mind and the world,… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“A vida vem do éter que se condensa Mas o que mais no cosmos me entusiasma É a esfera microscópica do plasma… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Recent brain scans have shed light on how the brain simulates the future. These simulation are done mainly in the dorsolateral prefrontal… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Neuroscience over the next 50 years is going to introduce things that are mind-blowing. — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that the explanation for consciousness will arise from the mercilessly scientific account of psychology and neuroscience, but, still, isn't… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
