I would not necessarily say that scientists and artists need to collaborate with one another, but it would be helpful for them… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the underlying precept of the new science of mind is that all mental processes are biological—they all depend on organic molecules and cellular… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychoanalysis swept through the intellectual community, and it was the dominant mode of thinking about the mind. People… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I don't think neurobiology is going to replace aesthetics or art history. It's a parallel discipline that adds a new dimension. I always compare… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I see psychoanalysis, art and biology ultimately coming together, just like cognitive psychology and neuroscience have merged. — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Ever since the Enlightenment, people thought that we were living in a rational universe. They thought that God was a mathematician and that the… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I was interested in the nature of human mental processes, which is what got me interested in psychoanalysis. And it became clear to me… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
It may act as an ancillary factor, but by itself, the mutation in tau doesn't give you Alzheimer's disease. This is not to say… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
