“Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.” IfsTryingMindChildrenCoursesBrainProduceAdultsAppropriateWhy NotArtificial IntelligenceProgrammesSimulate Author:Alan Turing
“Physiologically adult humans are not meant to spend an additional 10 years in a school system; their brains map that onto "I have been assigned low tribal status". And so, of course, they plot rebellion - accuse the existing tribal overlords of corruption plot, perhaps to split off their own little tribe in the savanna, not realizing that this is impossible in the Modern World.” WorldYearsHumansLittlesHas BeensSchoolCoursesRealizingBrainImpossibleModernLowsAdultsCorruptionPlotMapsRebellionSplitsTribesModern WorldSchool SystemSavanna Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.” WritingTwoDifferentUseBrainHalfAudienceAdults Author:Sara Shepard
“Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens.” BrainSeriousCitizensHealthyAdultsFunctionLongevityHealthy LifeOptimalPhysical Fitness Author:Paul Dudley White
“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!” BelieveChildrenImportantI BelieveBrainCreativityYouthAdultsUltimateFunctionInventionDevelopingNurtureBrain Function Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Everybody dreams, but memory for dreams is famously elusive. Even Sigmund Freud, without the benefit of modern technology's electroencephalogram, or EEG, did not know that adult humans dream 90 minutes per night, and that newborns spend eight hours per day dreaming (out of their 16 hours of sleep). REM sleep helps grow the brain!” KnowsHumansHelpingDreamNightGrowsHoursMemoriesSleepBrainTechnologyModernMinutesBenefitsAdultsEightElusiveModern Technology Author:Charles McPhee
“Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be more noticeable in older, more practiced meditators than in younger adults which is interesting because this structure usually tends to get thinner as we age.” AgeFoundMemoriesInterestingDealsAttentionBrainAdultsFunctionStructureSensory Author:Philippa Perry
“Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.” ThinkingKidsBrainGrowing UpBecomingAdultsDecidedWideOpen MindedCrackedDisillusionmentOpen MindednessSewingMy Sister's KeeperSisters KeeperBecoming An Adult Book:My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Source: My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
“When you are a kid you have your own language, and unlike French or Spanish or whatever you start learning in fourth grade, this one you are born with, and eventually lose...Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult...is only a slow sewing it shut.” ThinkingKidsLanguageBornLosesBrainBecomingAdultsWideGradesFourthCrackedSewingFourth GradeBecoming An Adult Author:Jodi Picoult
“Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it.” IfsTryingBelieveHumansHappensDifficultBrainWatchesAdultsDon't BelieveRevolutionaryLiteracyHuman BrainIlliterateLearning To Read Book:America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction Source: America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction