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“Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to release oxytocin. Let me show you. Come here. Give me a hug.”

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Paul J. Zak

Paul J. Zak is an American economist known for his research in neuroeconomics and moral economics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1996 and received the Grawemeyer Psychology Prize in 2008 for his neuroscientific research on moral decision-making. Zak's research involves the biological foundations of human behavior, trust, and cooperation in economics. more

“There are 100 billion neurons in the adult human brain, and each neuron makes something like 1,000 to 10,000 contacts with other neurons in the brain. Based on this, people have calculated that the number of permutations and combinations of brain activity exceeds the number of elementary particles in the universe.”

People Humans Universe Numbers Brain Activity Adults Billions Contact Combination Particles Exceed Human Brain Neurons

Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ... It's as though this neuron is adopting the other person's point of view.”

Persons Views Brain Watches Fire Point Of View Reaching Adopting Neurons Grabbing

Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“About 10 percent of the hearing impaired get musical hallucinations, and about 10 percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations.”

Brain Percent Musical Hearing Visuals Hallucinations

Author:Oliver Sacks

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