“When the brain is working to remember something, similar patterns of neurons fire as they did during the perception of the original event. These networks are linked, and each time we revisit them, they become stronger and more associated. But they need the proper retrieval cues--words, smells, images-- for them to be brought back as memories” NeedsRememberMemoriesBrainFireEventsPerceptionStrongerOriginalsPatternsSmellLinkedNeuronsRemember Something Book:Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Source: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
“Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener is going to hear. It's a craft that goes directly from your brain to their ears. You can never be sure that what you're writing is gonna be good enough to keep a listener engaged and truly experience something. It's a shot in the dark.” ThinkingWritingEnoughMomentsSongDarkBrainShotsEarsHarderOriginalsBe GoodCraftsEngagedGood EnoughListenersSingle Mom Author:Alex Goot
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is beyond bad. It carves out its own category of godawfulness. And, please, you don't have to remind me that the original was a colossal hit ($700 million worldwide) and the sequel will probably do just as well. I know it's popular. So is junk food, and they both poison your insides and rot your brain.” KnowsWellsBrainMillionsPleaseOriginalsRevengeFallenPoisonCategoriesJunkSequelsColossalJunk Food Author:Peter Travers
“It's not an act. I love it. It's totally original. People go, 'What's going on with this guy? Why does he sound so weird? What is going on in his brain. I don't know. Just one day I suddenly woke up with a new brain.” PeopleKnowsLoveDoeGuySoundBrainOne DayOriginalsJust OneThis Guy Author:Charlie Sheen
“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingShouldMindChildrenDoeBodySchoolPurposeMemoriesBrainAcceptingTeachTroubleExerciseCivilizationTasksStressOriginalsLaysCastsActiveObservationPlentyPrimariesReasoningPublic SchoolMoldOriginal ThoughtElasticity Author:Thomas A. Edison
“To live (as I understand it) is to exist within a conception of time. But to remember is to vacate the very notion of time. Every memory, no matter how remote its subject, takes place 'Now,' at the moment it's called to the mind. The more something is recalled, the more the brain has a chance to refine the original experience. Because every memory is a re-creation, not a playback.” MindMatterMomentsRememberMemoriesChanceBrainSubjectsCreationOriginalsNotionConception Author:David Mazzucchelli
“Your brain, Peekay, has two functions; it is a place for original thought, but also it is a reference library. Use it to tell you where to look, and then you will have for yourself all the brains that have ever been” LooksTwoUseBrainFunctionOriginalsLibraryOriginal Thought Book:The Power of One Source: The Power of One
“You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.” MenHeartAbleCan DoBrainOriginalsLoyaltyCapture Author:Andrew Carnegie
“I have made decisions that turned out to be wrong, and went back and did it another way, and still took less time than many who procrastinated over the original decision. Your brain is capable of handling 140, 000 million bits of information in one second, and if you take hours or days or weeks to reach a vital decision, you are short-circuiting your most valuable property.” IfsWayMadeStillsBitsHoursDecisionMistakeBrainMillionsWeekInformationCapableOriginalsPropertyValuableAnother Way Author:Jerry Gillies
“I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it.” NeedsI CanIdeasDoneCan DoBrainMinesOriginalsCome UpExtending Author:Susan Blackmore