#brain

The neural processes underlying that which we call creativity have nothing to do with rationality. That is to say, if we look at how the brain generates creativity, we will see that it is not a rational process at all; creativity is not born out of reasoning. ↗

— Rodolfo R. Llinás

#cognitive-psychology #creativity #neuroscience #psychology #science

The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive. As a result, children who grow up in stressful environments generally find it harder to concentrate, harder to sit still, harder to rebound from disappointments, and harder to follow directions. And that has a direct effect on their performance in school. ↗

— Paul Tough

#children #science #science

If the brain was simple enough to be understood - we would be too simple to understand it! ↗

— Minsky M.A.

#cognition #science #science

I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar! ↗

— Russell Brand

#brains-are-sexy #sex #sexy

Accio Brain! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#brain

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#draco-malfoy #harry-potter #neville-longbottom #ron-weasley #stupidity

We become, neurologically, what we think."(33) ↗

— Nicholas G. Carr

#thinking #internet

No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out. ↗

— Bohumil Hrabal

#books #brains #sleep #underwear #authority

Viagra increases bloodflow to the penis, but what drug increases bloodflow to the brain?
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— Jarod Kintz

#penis #viagra #food

A hidden spark of the dream sleeps In the forest and waits In the celestial spheres of the brain. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#celestial #circling #dejan-stojanovic #dreams #forest