Brain Function Quotes

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  Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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• Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Understanding, Brain, Important

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.

  Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

  Prayer, Heart, Play

  Foreword to "Following the Synagogue Service" by Jeffrey Cohen, Gnesia Publications, (p. ix), 1997.

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• The dynamic interplay of neural activity within and in between systems is the very essence of brain function.

  Richard Restak

  Essence, Brain, Function

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• When you understand how the mind-brain functions together, you know that faith, which is believing before seeing, is the natural process of creation.

  Robert Anthony

  Believe, Mind, Brain

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• If managers knew how deeply their behaviors could affect brain function - whether they are piling up too much work on someone or yelling at them for "motivational purposes", they would quit doing it.

  John Medina

  Yelling, Brain, Purpose

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Exercise is the single most powerful tool you have to optimize your brain function…exercise has a profound impact on cognitive abilities and mental health. It is simply one of the best treatments we have for most psychiatric problems.

  John Ratey

  Powerful, Exercise, Impact

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• Less than 7 hours of sleep at night causes lower overall brain function.

  Daniel Amen

  Health, Sleep, Night

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• Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well.

  Marilu Henner

  Brain, Function, Wells

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• Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.

  Darold Treffert

  Thinking, Autism, Brain

  "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part III:". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 15, 2011.

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• After all, across the population there are slight differences in brain function, and sometimes these translate directly into different ways of experiencing the world. And each individual believes his way is reality.

  David Eagleman

  Believe, Reality, Differences

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.89, Vintage

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• Abnormalities in brain function have traditionally been detected using electroencephalography (EEG), which involves the measurement of the ongoing electrical activity generated by the brain.

  Aditi Shankardass

  Brain, Ongoing, Measurement

  "Searching for roots of learning disorders" by Aditi Shankardass, www.cnn.com. July 13, 2010.

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• As human, we all have the same human potential, unless there is some sort of retarded brain function. The wonderful human brain is the source of our strength and the source of our future, provided we utilize it in the right direction. If we use the brilliant human mind in the wrong way, it is really a disaster.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Brain, Way

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Power of Compassion: A Collection of Lectures”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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• I was never very good at math and science, to be honest, so it's fun to play a character that is so scientific and mathematical, and whose brain functions at such a high pace. The biggest difference is that Maura is very linear in her thinking and very logical. I'm not quite like that. I'm much more laid back and not quite so type A. That's the big difference.

  Sasha Alexander

  Fun, Character, Math

  Source: collider.com

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• Creativity is one of the most important brain functions in developing youth. It is the ultimate road to invention. I believe it is really important to both nurture and encourage this in children - and adults, too!

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Children, Believe, Creativity

  "This Is the Secret to Letting Your Kid Get Messy Without Losing It". Interview with Kate Schweitzer, www.popsugar.com. March 2, 2016.

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• Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

  Maynard James Keenan

  Reading, Brain, Listening

  Interview with Aaron Burgess, www.avclub.com. November 30, 2006.

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• In a structure as complex as the human brain a multitude of things can go wrong. The wonder is that for most people the brain functions effectively and unceasingly for more than 60 years.

  Seymour S. Kety

  Years, People, Brain

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• A knowledge of brain science will provide one of the major foundations of the new age to come. That knowledge will spawn cures for disease, new machines based on brain function, further insights into our nature and how we know.

  Gerald Edelman

  Brain, Age, Disease

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• Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function, and antimicrobial compounds for limiting viruses.

  Paul Stamets

  Mushrooms, Brain, Growth

  "Place Mushrooms in Sunlight to Get Your Vitamin D: Part One" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2012.

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