Quotes About Cognition

In my view, the written word ignites the brain in ways that cannot be achieved by any other medium.

The language-based portion of the brain (the left frontal cortex) "gets" the joke by recognizing the ambiguity, incongruity, and surprise of the humor. The emotional areas of the brain (such as the amygdala) appreciate the humor and trigger laughter.

Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.

Dolphins : Animals that are so intelligent that, within a few weeks of captivity, they can train a man to stand on the edge of their pool and throw them food three times a day.

Dude, are my eyes seeing what my brain is telling my eyes that they're seeing?

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.

I have a poor memory for names; but I seldom remember a face.

I have this condition I call impromptu senility. I can't remember a damn thing when I don't want to.

I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I don't really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.

Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future.

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the office.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.

The mind uses logic, the heart just doesn't understand stuff like that.

The mind is constantly trawling through memories to find those that echo our current emotional state. For example, if you feel threatened, the mind instantly digs up memories of when you felt endangered in the past, so that you can spot similarities and find a way of escaping.

Our minds have a bottleneck in the so-called "working memory" that allows us to keep only a few simple things in them at any one time.

Looks are only temporary, but intelct is forever.

Diaper spelled backwards is repaid , think about it.