Brain Quote by Alison Gopnik

As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on…

— Robin Marantz Henig

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

— Ivan Lendl

What we found was that rather than being haphazardly arranged or independent pathways, we find that all of the pathways of the brain taken…

— Ray Kurzweil

“Experiments show that just as the brain can build new or stronger circuits through physical or mental practice, those circuits can weaken or dissolve…

— Nicholas Carr

A brain can improve till it fits its environment.

— William Ross Ashby

Brains aren't designed to get results. They go in DIRECTIONS.

— Richard Bandler

Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This is because…

— David Eagleman

When we talk about the brain, it is anything but unidimensional or simplistic or reductionistic.

— Thomas R. Insel

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

— Anonymous

The brain was designed by evolution, so each part of it is optimized for what it does, and it's incredibly, incredibly complex.

— Paul Allen

Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit

— Anonymous

The brain has not explained the mind fully.

— Wilder Penfield