Brain Quote by Walter Rudolf Hess

“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

Since functional brain imaging first emerged, we have learned that there aren't very many brain regions uniquely responsible for specific tasks; most complex tasks…

— Joshua Greene

We know a certain amount about neurons. You can do fMRI and watch parts of the brain light up. But what happens in the…

— Paul Allen

“In fact, the belief that neurophysiology is even relevant to the functioning of the mind is just hypothesis. Who knows if we're looking at…

— Noam Chomsky

When looking at the brain, it is important to go beyond its structure to its function. This is because often in cognitive disorders, the…

— Aditi Shankardass

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

— Richard Restak

“Though advances in imaging technology have allowed neuroscientists to grasp much of the basic topography of the brain, and studies of neurons have given…

— Joshua Foer

I think of the brain as a computational device: It has a bunch of little components that perform calculations on some small aspect of…

— Daniel Levitin

We cannot experimentally map out the brain. It's just too big. In a piece of the brain the size of a pinhead there are…

— Henry Markram

We cannot experimentally map out the brain. Its just too big. In a piece of the brain the size of a pinhead there are…

— Henry Markram

“The frontal lobes are one of the most important parts of the cortex to understand.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain.

— Thomas R. Insel