The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either.
Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults.
We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get distracted by anything interesting.
Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.
The real excitement is collaborating with computer scientists and neuroscientists and starting to understand in detail how children learn so much so quickly.
Muse is the brain-sensing headband that allows you to track your cognitive and emotional activity. It boosts your attention and helps you become more aware of the emotions that you're having.
I think we're all very curious about our own minds, but we just may not have the tools to channel that.
One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.
This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes.
The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment.
Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it.
Do not let anyone tell you that these people made work of play. They simply realized that the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.
War – conflict where people are made to kill to live. Caused by less than 1% of a population – and experienced by the rest.
Zeitgeist – spirit of the age. No such thing. Imposition by hierarchy. People rebel – & are marginalised; or follow, chained.
The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.
Abnormalities in brain function have traditionally been detected using electroencephalography (EEG), which involves the measurement of the ongoing electrical activity generated by the brain.
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.
My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.
I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.
Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.
