Brain Quote by Daniel J. Siegel

Every minute, every second, the pattern of genes being expressed in your brain changes, often in direct or indirect response to events outside the…

— Matt Ridley

The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises.

— Jonathan Haidt

“The mind emanates from the interface between neurophysiological processes and interpersonal relationships. Experience selectively shapes genetic neuronal potential and thus directly influences the structure…

— Gabor Maté

The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene.…

— David Eagleman

Experience is a question of instinct about life.

— Oscar Wilde

“Rather, each brain develops its own idiosyncratic representations of higher-level content. Which particular neuronal assemblies are recruited to represent a particular concept depends on…

— Nick Bostrom

“While genes are pivotal in establishing some aspects of emotionality, experience plays a central role in turning genes on and off. DNA is not…

— Thomas Lewis

Perhaps most excitingly, we are uncovering the brain basis of our behaviors - normal, abnormal and in-between. We are mapping a neurobiology of what…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.

— Sebastian Seung

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global…

— Sam Harris

The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes…

— Michael Merzenich

“Thus, adult behavior produces persistent molecular brain changes in offspring, “programming” them to be likely to replicate that distinctive behavior in adulthood.76”

— Robert M. Sapolsky