Quotes About Brain

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

Everything's always got to be character-based. We know we can't, if we're sitting in the editing room, watch the sequence for more than 20 seconds without a character having a point of view or moving the action forward; my brain just shuts down, or I start thinking about my laundry.

In India, you need to look intense to be classified a good cricketing brain.

The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

I read anything and everything. Comfort food for my brain is fantasy fiction or science fiction.

I can't read a computer screen and never use a calculator. It's all in my head and by hand.

I first got interested in the brain through computers.

We know that there is a connection between our feelings and our brain.

When brains get sufficiently big, presumably, as human brains have, consciousness seems to emerge.

Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative.

It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain.

I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that.

While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance.

The ability to sympathize with those around us seems crucial to our survival, and it's connected to the mirroring functions of the brain.

Around a quarter of cancers eventually spread to the brain. As people live longer, their risk of developing cancer increases; as cancer survival rates improve, their risk of developing secondary tumours in the brain increases. We can therefore expect increasing numbers of brain-tumour patients.

At some point, we're going to have to get to the point where, before you play football, I'm going to test you at some stage in your life to determine if you're susceptible to concussions. We need a test that shows us that your brain is situated a certain way that puts you at risk. If you are susceptible, don't play football.

I suspect that pleasure is mainly used to turn off parts of the brain so you can keep fresh the memories of things you're trying to learn. It protects the short-term memory buffers. That's one theory of pleasure.

One of the things I've come to appreciate about the brain is the importance of location. It's not just a set of interchangeable parts that you can swap in and out.

I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept over me and I couldn't deal with it. I had to re-learn things from scratch.

Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

I have no problem with commitment - you can't have a real relationship without it. I can flip on a switch in my brain, and even if the next Brad Pitt is standing next to me, I won't look at him. But I can also turn that switch off, and then I collect attractive boys.

It's great to do something that makes your brain just switch to a different mode, and music can do that really powerfully.

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.

You stimulate the neo-cortex, it produces a symphony. But it's not just a symphony of perception. It's a symphony of your universe. Your reality.