Quotes About Cognition

Desde un punto de vista heurístico, las intuiciones son información no procesada de forma racional que pueden producir un resultado cognitivo que se ha saltado procesos lógicos de pensamiento.

Qué rara es la memoria: nos permite recordar lo que no hemos vivido.

When it wants our attention, memory tends to resort to distortion and deceit.

La memoria tiene la capacidad maravillosa de acordarse del olvido, de su existencia y su acecho, y así nos permite mantenernos alerta cuando no queremos olvidar y olvidar cuando lo preferimos

Quisiera que el prurito de ser inteligentes no estuviese siempre entre nosotros.

Alguien como Antonia, que vive encerrada en la prisiòn de su proprio cerebro, percibe con mucha màs claridad que lo demàs seres humanos una verdad inapelable. Que los limites de tu lenguaje son los lìmites de tu mundo. Aun sin expresarlo en estos términos, cualquier fanàtico de la lectura lo comprende de forma intuitiva, y por eso nunca puede leer lo suficiente.

un punto de vista heurístico, las intuiciones son información no procesada de forma racional que pueden producir un resultado cognitivo que se ha saltado procesos lógicos de pensamiento.

My emphasis on language also comes from a deep conviction that language shapes our thoughts. You cannot answer a question that you cannot ask, and you cannot ask a question that you have no words for.

As you're reading this text, you may notice these two levels. Part of your mind is focusing on the information in the text; that is, you are trying to understand and integrate factual information. At another level, however, you may be having some quick, evaluative thoughts about the situation. These cognitions are called automatic thoughts

Most people would have probably lost count around seven. This was, Harry knew from his extensive reading on logic and arithmetic, the largest number that most people could visually appreciate. Put seven dots on a page, and most people can take a quick glance and declare, "Seven." Switch to eight, and the majority of humanity was lost.

You sorts who excel at arithmetic simply don't understand how we lesser mortals can look at a page of numbers and not know the answer—or at least how to get to the answer—instantly.

Almost nobody believes anymore that infants are insensate blobs. It seems both mad and evil to deny experience and feeling to a laughing, gurgling creature.

99 percent of what you see is not what comes in through the eyes. It is what you infer about that room.

Human capacity for not thinking about what we're doing is infinite.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

What information you see doesn't dictate what you think or believe. I think it's crazy to think that.

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

Alzheimer's is such an insidious disease.

Women with a higher intake of berries appeared to have delayed cognitive aging by 2.5 years. So it's like your brain is 2.5 years younger if you're eating berries.

A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.

Nothing can be found in the intellect if previously has not been found in the senses.

With my intellect, I'm somebody who can think fast, think on my feet and can think under pressure.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.