Diane Ackerman Brain Quotations

All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self.

Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.

American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.

I believe consciousness is brazenly physical, a raucous mirage the brain creates to help us survive.

Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.

It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.

Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.