Neuroscience Quotes

"The human species was given this tremendous gift of neuroplasticity, the ability to change ourselves and be better in deliberate ways" "I believe that the brain has evolved, like the rest of the body. And you can't understand the brain as an abstract mechanism that operates on its own. You really have to understand the body and the environment that this brain is operating in" "Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument" "The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain." "The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time." "There's zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain." "Mind is the last frontier." "If you want to understand consciousness, you have to admit that that conscious experience is always something extra." "The brain is just a great big bag of tricks." "A deeper understanding of consciousness demands a historical and evolutionary context." "The mind is the brain at work." "I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will" "When you learn things in a state of awe, you learn better." "There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked." "The circuitry of addiction runs parallel to the circuitry of love" "The very same brain centers that interpret and process emotional pain are the ones that interpret and process physical pain" "A child’s brain needs healthy experiences to develop properly" "To think is to practice brain chemistry" "Our minds influence the key activity of the brain" "Every operation of the mind is accompanied with a corresponding modification of the brain"