Quotes About Brain

The proper use of the mind of man will build a brain capable of doing what the mind wants to do. The brain does not make the man; the man makes the brain.

Porn mainlined to the forebrain, electric orgasms courtesy of induction, screaming synthetic highs circuited to the mind, technicolor power fantasies jabbed right into one's primal need.

Ich weiß, jeder hält sich für normal. Und alle anderen für durchgedreht. Der irrste Irre wie der irrste Irrenarzt. Jedes Gehirn ist anders, jedes Gehirn ist verrückt und jedes Gehirn ist anders verrückt.

Sich daran zu erinnern, wo das Erinnerungsvermögen liegt, das kann einem auch nur in einem cerebralen Cortex passieren.

Aber dein Gehirn ist ein Dschungel wie jedes andere Gehirn auch. Ein wilder, gefährlicher, gnaden- und gesetzloser Urwald voller unberechenbarer Kreaturen. Pferkte Ordnung und totales Chaos, Diktatur und Anarchie, freier Wille und irrer Zwang, Fressen und Gefressenwerden - all das existiert darin. [...] jedes Gehirn ist anders verrückt. Aber auf keinen Fall ist es nur - auch nicht deins.

Este impulso a investigar que mueve a los individuos, ayuda a que el sistema conductual heredado se enriquezca y aumente el repertorio de recursos para afrontar peligros y preverlos. Es una forma de autoestimulación que desarrolla más  sustancia blanca del cerebro (mielinización) para que podamos aprender más y mejor. Explorar es curiosear y la curiosidad es uno de los factores que ha permitido la evolución y mantenimiento de la vida en el planeta.

In the more relaxed state, neural networks open up and connections of all kinds form more freely.

The sleeping or relaxed brain cuts off distractions and turns inward, as the right hemisphere becomes more active, leading to periods of greater connectivity.

And it's possible you may get different results depending on which hand you doodle with," Kounios says. "Using the left hand may stimulate the brain's right hemisphere.

remote associations—"like when we think of 'table' and the idea of 'under the table'"—require more of a neural reach. The brain's right hemisphere, made up of cells with longer branches, is better suited for this task.

Man may think human intellect and reasoning are almighty, that the brain is able to comprehend all truths of the world; but the verdict of God's Word is, "vanity of vanities.

To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.

Every brain is different. And so must be every course of therapy.

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power.

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power" Alfred Whitehead math text

The car has no muscle and the cell phone has no brain.

Use your thoughts so you don't atrophy the brain.

Because my brain is broken. There's all sorts of interesting medical and neurochemical reasons for it, and I've learned everything I can about them,* but knowing all of that isn't enough to make my brain magically start processing serotonin and norepinephrine and dopamine in a balanced way

It's painful to recall, but I'm not ashamed, because all those thoughts—which I thankfully don't have anymore, thanks to medical science and therapy—were not my fault any more than the allergies that clog my sinuses when the trees in my neighborhood start doin' it every spring are my fault. It's just part of who I am. It's part of how my brain is wired, and because I know that, I can medically treat it, instead of being a victim of it.

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

The pre-frontal region of the Peking man resembles that found in some parts of the Middle West.

Remarkably, altruistic punishment is accompanied by increased activity in the "pleasure centers" of the brain. It appears that maintaining the social order and the rules of fairness in this fashion is its own reward. Altruistic punishment could well be the glue that holds societies together. However, our brains are not designed to reward generosity as reliably as they punish meanness. Here again, we find a marked asymmetry between losses and gains.

Why call them System 1 and System 2 rather than the more descriptive "automatic system" and "effortful system"? The reason is simple: "Automatic system" takes longer to say than "System 1" and therefore takes more space in your working memory. This matters, because anything that occupies your working memory reduces your ability to think.