Quotes About Cognition

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

The freedom of the mind is the beginning of all other freedoms.

The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentists drill.

A stupid person laughs three times at a joke; once when everyone else is laughing, a second time when he actually gets the joke, and a third time when he realizes he was laughing without getting the joke at first.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

The human brain is amazing. It functions 24 hours a day from the time we were born, and only stops when we take exam or when we are in love.

Human brain is the most outstanding object in world. It functions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It functions right from the time we are born, and stop only when we enter the examination hall.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Al hemisferio derecho le interesa la relación, mientras que al izquierdo los objetivos y los resultados

It often struck Nina that women who seemed capable of only limited mental tasks in most situations could retain information regarding other peoples weight for years, sometimes decades. Unlike genuine idiots savants, they couldn't tell you that December 13, 1972 had fallen on a Wednesday. But they could often tell you, within a pound or two, how much you'd weighed that week.

Metaphor is a way of knowing the world, and no less a one than other sorts of ways of gaining knowledge.

They manage our perception and interpretation of environmental information in a way that is consistent with what we believe.

now protecting ourselves from information.

Words lose their meaning when you look at them too long. 'God.' 'Science.' Meaning.

Our minds are wired by nature to detect patterns.

crazy starts with a misaligned brain,

To a small extent, these three brains work together. To a greater extent, however, they tend to pull apart and function independently—especially when we're under stress. When that happens and the reptile or mammal brain takes control, the human thinking brain is eclipsed, and we shift into primal brain functions.

Yeah, I actually do know where I am.

The orca's big brain was bigger than he had hoped—five times the size of a human's and weighing in at nearly fifteen pounds. And this was from a young whale, not a mature adult. The brain was also more complicated than McGeer had imagined—more complicated than a human brain. Dolphin brains were impressive, but this brain was spectacular.

The only intelligence tests orcas don't pass are the ones that require hands.

Consciousness is a computational goal state

It is therefore not implausible that there is a connection between the rhythm of the body involved in running and the presence of the brain activity involved in higher cognitive functions.