“ It's been long since thinking humanity has learnt that love is a majestic creation of the brain, yet that knowledge hasn't made love be deemed any less glorious. Then why should it threaten the religi… Abhijit Naskar
“ The spirits of the brain are directly connected to the testicles. This is why men who weary their imagination in books are less suitable for procreative functions... Louis de la Forge
“ Genetics, accidents of birth or events in early childhood have left criminals' brains and bodies with measurable flaws predisposing them to committing assault, murder and other antisocial acts. .... M… Adrian Raine
“ Each day I wake up with a naive perspective of life and universe, and walk towards understanding a little more about the true nature of human perception with all its vivacious nuances and behavioral e… Abhijit Naskar
“ If I ask you, are you conscious right now? You'd go right ahead and tell me - yes. That's because your conscious mind is constructing an awareness in you about everything around you. And underneath th… Abhijit Naskar
“ Presiding over the entire attack there will be, in du Bois Reymond's words, a general feeling of disorder, which may be experienced in either physical or emotional terms, and tax or elude the patient'… Oliver Sacks
“ Even though it is common knowledge in our field of Neuroscience, I take immense pleasure every time I realize that our perception of the whole universe emerges from the activity of the little specks o… Abhijit Naskar
“ Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of phys… Jerry A. Coyne
“ Neuron is to Consciousness, what D.N.A. is to Life. Thus, Biology of Mind is to the twenty-first century, what Biology of Life was to the twentieth century. Abhijit Naskar
“ What could we do? What should we do? 'There are no prescriptions,' Luria wrote, 'in a case like this. Do whatever your ingenuity and your heart suggest. There is little or no hope of any recovery in h… Oliver Sacks
“ Biologically speaking, you are the child of Mother Nature, and neurologically speaking, you are the heirs of immortal bliss. Abhijit Naskar
“ A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, and moral being. Alexander R. Luria
“ Some people with Tourette's have flinging tics- sudden, seemingly motiveless urges or compulsions to throw objects..... (I see somewhat similar flinging behaviors- though not tics- in my two year old… Oliver Sacks
“ Planning. Short-term memory. Attention. At first glance, these three frontal lobe functions can seem like diverse activities that just happen to be packed into the same brain region. But on closer ins… Robert Jourdain
“ Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life. Andrew Ferguson
“ I guess I was sad that love was not real? Or not all that real, anyway? I guess I was sad that love could feel so real and the next minute be gone, and all because of something Abnesti was doing. George Saunders
“ It is difficult to overstate the importance of understanding mirror neurons and their function. They may well be central to social learning, imitation, and the cultural transmission of skills and atti… V.S. Ramachandran
