Quotes About Cognition

And by this passion I was naturally seduced, and I understood why the angelic doctor said that amor est magis cognitivus quam cognitio, that we know things better through love than through knowledge.

Amor est magis cognitivus quam cognitio

Hiperactividad de la función intestinal en menoscabo de la cerebral

It is not intuitive why all this is intuitive.

adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.

He emphasized the huge gap between the mental abilities of apes and humans and pointed out (mistakenly) that the human brain had a unique anatomical structure called the 'hippocampus minor', which he said was entirely absent in apes.

I do not think it matters whether one agrees or not as long as ons is forced to think.

I do not think it matters whether one agrees or not as long as one is forced to think.

He endeavored to collect his thoughts, but did not succeed. At those hours especially when we have sorest need of grasping the sharp realities of life do the threads of though snap off in the brain.

La pensée est le labeur de l'intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté.

It does not do to let the senses fall asleep, whether in the shade of the sacred tree or in the shadow of an army.

Blind is he who will not see!

You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see

We may be the intelligent species, but we are certainly not the smartest!

Everyone complains of his memory, none of his judgment.

My father says that intelligence is the ability to see reality quickly.

Why can't bilingualism be seen as an extra resource? Is it because kids who can think in two languages are smarter? (from the book Attitude, 2002)

What is the mind? It is a phenomenon that is not body, not substantial, has no form, no shape, no color, but, like a mirror, can clearly reflect objects

Books think for me.

All this seeing. All this relentless taking in.

This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals.

Knowing is better than not knowing. Every time.

People remember what they want to remember and forget what they want to forget.

You have the memories, and you go over and over them in your mind. And after a time I wonder if I am remembering the actual event or just remembering the memories.