Body Quote by Norman Cousins

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

— Pliny the Elder

If you start responding to every stimulus, then you end up as a nerve gas case, quite literally. Neurons fire at once.

— Hollis Frampton

The human body is amazing," she said. If you deprive it of one sensory input, the other senses take over, almost instantly.

— Dan Brown

“As information processing machines, our ability to process data about the external world begins at the level of sensory perception. Although most of us…

— Jill Bolte Taylor

In the traditionally taught view of perception, data from the sensorium pours into the brain, works its way up the sensory hierarchy, and makes…

— David Eagleman

“A Natural History of the Senses, author Diane Ackerman says, “The brain is a good stagehand. It gets on with its work while we’re…

— Gavin de Becker

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

— E. O. Wilson

“When information comes in through your sense organs, it’s directed to the thalamus, which is like the Grand Central Station of the brain”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“Our brain continuously processes inputs and generates outputs while our stream of consciousness is more like an after-the-fact commentary29.”

— Erman Misirlisoy

Interestingly enough, not all feelings result from the body's reaction to external stimuli. Sometimes changes are purely simulated in the brain maps.

— Antonio Damasio

We must pay close attention to the signals our body sends - the aches and pains, digestions and indigestions, increased energies and exhaustions. Our…

— Susan Collins

The dynamic interplay of neural activity within and in between systems is the very essence of brain function.

— Richard Restak