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# Marian Diamond

(1926–2017)   Anatomist

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Marian Diamond was an anatomist, best known for *The Magic Trees of the Mind*.

## Quick Facts About Marian Diamond

Born November 11, 1926

Died July 25, 2017

Profession Anatomist

Notable works The Magic Trees of the Mind

## About Marian Diamond

Marian Cleeves Diamond was an American neuroscientist. She and her team were the first to publish evidence that the brain can change with experience and improve with enrichment, what is now called neuroplasticity. She was a professor of anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

##  Quotes by Marian Diamond

> [The brain is a three pound mass you can hold in your hand that can conceive of a universe a hundred billion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-diamond/the-brain-is-a-three-pound-mass-you-can-hold-in-your-hand-that-can/)

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> [The human brain is the most complex mass of protoplasm on earth-perhaps even in our galaxy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-diamond/the-human-brain-is-the-most-complex-mass-of-protoplasm-on-earth/)

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> [If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-diamond/if-you-always-do-what-you-did-you-ll-always-get-what-you-got/)

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