{"quotes":[{"text":"In every walk of life, you do have the freedom to choose, but that freedom is based on the perception of the world and yourself which you have gained until that moment of life.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["cognition","cognitive-science","consciousness","decision","decision","experience","free-will","free-will","neuroscience","neuroscience-of-free-will","perception-of-reality","reality"],"id":1065,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"When the brain’s potential is fully unleashed, there can be few if any limitations. Anyone who tells you otherwise isn’t up-to-date with the latest scientific findings on the brain and is exhibiting their ignorance. For the brain’s potential is the human potential….","author":"James Morcan","tags":["brain","genius","geniuses","human-potential","neuroscience"],"id":1156,"author_id":"James+Morcan"},{"text":"I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, nor did I have access to information like you do today via the internet. I had to learn everything the hard way. And I had to become a scientist the old-fashioned way, which is, not through academia, but through trial and error. And my hardship opened up unforeseen gateways of perception in my mind. And through these gateways, today the whole world is able to see its inner self.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["braveheart","character","character-building","courage","courageous","faith-in-the-self","inspiring","leadership","life-lesson","motivational","neuroscience","perception","philosopher","purpose-of-life","pursuit-of-passion","scientist","self-awareness","self-realization","thinker"],"id":5466,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"...We are a narrative, storytelling species. Revealing our own histories, and understanding those of others can really help us appreciate the humanity in all of our fellow individuals.","author":"Stephen P. Hinshaw","tags":["neuroscience","psychology","science"],"id":7594,"author_id":"Stephen+P.+Hinshaw"},{"text":"Meditation is good for the elderly, great for adults, even greater for children, and greater still for pregnant women. So, meditate and be well.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","meditation","meditation-experience","meditation","mindfulness","mindfulness-meditation","mindfulness-practice","mindfulness","neuroscience"],"id":7975,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"I don't trust anybody who isn't a little bit neurotic.","author":"Mohadesa Najumi","tags":["acceptance","ascension","bell-hooks","brain","connectedness","consciousness","crazy","embodiment","enlightenment","fetters","genius","happiness","heartbreak","life","loss","love","matrix","mental-power","mohadesa","mohadesa-najumi","najumi","neuroscience","normal","norms","osho","pain","philosophy","psycology","relationship","self-awareness","self-help","self-love","self-mastery","society","sociology","spirituality","third-eye","understanding"],"id":9566,"author_id":"Mohadesa+Najumi"},{"text":"When you say to someone “follow your heart”, it actually refers to the rhetorical representation of various emotions, that are precisely produced from neural activity of the limbic system. So, the metaphoric heart we always boast about while giving advice to our friends, is actually not anywhere near the biological organ known as heart. Rather it too, like all other elements of the human mind exists only in the brain.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brain","brainy","consciousness-mind-brain","feelings","feelings-and-emotions","follow-your-heart","heart","heart","limbic-system","mind-body-spirit","neuroscience","science-of-mind"],"id":9990,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"The perception of reality is something that is constructed by the human mind based on its own needs and knacks.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","consciousness","consciousness-mind-brain","human-mind","neuroscience","perception","perception-of-reality","reality","science","truth"],"id":10555,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Any thought sequence that minimizes anxiety would get reinforced over time. The sequence would be maintained during the person’s development and would be provoked in contexts where refutation of the belief might occur. So, any kind of refutation of a person’s religious beliefs makes the beliefs only stronger.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["belief","belief","belief-system","beliefs","brainy","neuroscience","neurotheology","religious-beliefs","religious-diversity","religious-extremism","religious-faith","religious-freedom","religious-tolerance","religious-violence","science-and-religion","truth"],"id":12046,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"When people have trouble with their emotions – a bout of anxiety or depression, say, or seasonal gloominess - they often want science to pinpoint an offending neurotransmitter in the way that a witness picks the perp out of a lineup. Is it excessive norepinephrine, too little dopamine, errant estrogen? The answer is apt to dissatisfy: no single suspect can be fingered with confidence because the question itself attributes a fallacious simplicity to the brain.(91).","author":"Thomas Lewis","tags":["depression","love","neuroscience"],"id":14115,"author_id":"Thomas+Lewis"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":239,"pages":24,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}