College student Quote by Jonah Lehrer

“When people think about a placebo such as the royal touch, they usually dismiss it as "just psychology." But, there is nothing "just" about…

— Dan Ariely

Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!

— Matthieu Ricard

I've seen with my own eyes what the effects of Israeli neuroscience research is. It was in my congressional district in Philadelphia that ReWalk,…

— Chaka Fattah

“small samples of people operating under special circumstances, and the long-term effects and hazards are completely unknown. However, if the technology does mature, or…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Modern neuroimaging is like asking an astronaut in the space shuttle to look out the window and judge how America is doing.

— David Eagleman

He solved at a stroke the great question of the direction of nerve-currents in their travel through brain and spinal cord.

— Charles Scott Sherrington

“Thus, particularly important is a 2011 study that used transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques to temporarily inactivate the vmPFC; subjects became less likely to change…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Down the road, the most controversial approach to neuroenhancement could be a way not of stimulating the brain but of reengineering it.

— Maria Konnikova

“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

“Working simultaneously, though seemingly without a conscience, was Dr. Ewen Cameron, whose base was a laboratory in Canada's McGill University, in Montreal. Since his…

— Cheryl Hersha

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

— Ivan Lendl