Quotes About Cognition

I forget. I don't see. I don't think.

We generally colour our ideas of the unknown with our notions of the known.

that most people think with their feelings, whereas I feel with my thoughts.

Only the idea can fathom reality without getting ruined.

I've come to the realization that I'm always thinking and listening to two things at once.

esa proximidad al objeto que reside en las sensaciones carnales (el tacto, el gusto o el olfato) esculpen al encuentro de la conciencia; poder restituir de la visión interior, del olvido del sueño

One can see only what one has already seen.

I am beginning to be conscious of being conscious.

To externalize impressions is more a way of persuading ourselves that we have them rather than actually having them.

A grain of knowledge with the dawning of the day is a breakfast of the mind.

We always think of misdirection as, 'Look over here while I do this over here!' And that's not what it is. You can be looking straight at it, and if you're not thinking about it, you won't process it. I find that fascinating.

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.

I think it keeps your brain moving faster, singing in another language.

Information that confirms our beliefs makes us feel good; information that challenges our beliefs doesn't.

I don't think anyone disagrees that male and female brains work differently.

Many admire, few know.

Most people understand that the more words children are exposed to, the stronger their vocabularies will be. But fewer people are aware that the quality of the words also significantly affects brain development.

The brain is one of the richest green fields of science. There's so much yet to be discovered.

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.

I can analyze how I do things, but the actual doing it - when the synapses just start firing - I can't explain.

In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses.

Taking someone else's language and fitting it into your own speech - you learn a lot about other people's brains, doing that.