My task was to show the psychologists that it is possible to apply physiological knowledge to the phenomena of psychical life. — Ivan Sechenov Copy Share Image
This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological… — Asa Gray Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most significant thing a person can know about himself is to understand his own system of values. Almost every thing… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by… — Richard Owen 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
Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Physiology, in its analysis of the physiological functions of the sense organs, must use the results of subjective observation of sensations; and… — Wilhelm Wundt Copy Share Image
We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment. — Albrecht Kossel Copy Share Image
When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological… — K. Anders Ericsson Copy Share Image
Life has to be described in pure and simple physical and physiological terms. It must be demystified and depsychologised — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A powerful portfolio of physiological and behavioural evidence now exists to support the case that fish feel pain and that this feeling… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, most of our vital physiological functions are involuntary, as some amongst us would forget them.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
If you look at body fat, it seems to increase with age, even though your weight does not. That's a physiological fact… — Kenneth H. Cooper Copy Share Image
The physical act of meditating by closing one's eyes and slowing down the speed of internal thoughts - especially worrisome thinking -… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
We're entering a bionic era where we actually are beginning to see technology that's sophisticated enough to emulate key physiological functions. — Hugh Herr Copy Share Image
I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a… — Peter Burwash Copy Share Image
When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm. — Chade-Meng Tan Copy Share Image
Recent studies of mindfulness practices reveal that they can result in profound improvements in a range of physiological, mental, and interpersonal domains… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography. — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
