Early Quote by Torsten Wiesel

In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to…

— Torsten Wiesel

Innate directs its vital energy through the nervous system to specialize the coordination and sensation and volition through the cumulative and vegetative functions.

— Daniel D. Palmer

The newborn infant is now seen to be wired with awesome precision... This marvelous robot will be launched into the world under the care…

— E. O. Wilson

There is this mythology that says that when people are born, their brains are essentially fixed very early on and they're not able to…

— Daniel Tammet

“This compulsion to connect experiences, symbols, images, and ideas stems directly from the brain's vital function as an organ evolved to make sense of…

— David DiSalvo

We are not born with effective vision. The human infant has to learn how to see. The eyes gather information, they transmit it to…

— Rosemary Mahoney

Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!

— Brené Brown

Life is full of many things, and many of the most important things in our lives stem from the things that we can't see…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.

— Daniel J. Siegel

Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

— Ari Graynor

“Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow. "You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it…

— L. Frank Baum

The most important thing to realize is we're not blank slates at birth. We don't start off with nothing in our heads, and then…

— Jonathan Haidt