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Cognition Quotes

"We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually."

"We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Cognition, Language, Thought, Word

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"When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the measurements show - the third person."

"When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the measurements show - the third person."

Daniel Goleman, American Author

Cognition, First, Mind, Yield

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"The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic."

"The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic."

George Eliot, British Author

Cognition, Mind, Desire, Thought, Logic

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"The mind is a neural computer."

"The mind is a neural computer."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Cognition, Science, Mind, Knowledge, Technology

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"Not this in-between thing that Levi had, where his brain could catch the words but couldn't hold on to them."

"Not this in-between thing that Levi had, where his brain could catch the words but couldn't hold on to them."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Cognition, Learning, Difficulty, Struggle, Mind

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"The causal, abstract, binary, holistic, and reductionist functions of the human brain all help you to process the enormous amount of information coming into our brain from the external world every day."

"The causal, abstract, binary, holistic, and reductionist functions of the human brain all help you to process the enormous amount of information coming into our brain from the external world every day."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Cognition, Truth, Wisdom, Science, Life

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"One lives and analyses data within a frame, unaware that the solution is most often just outside of that frame. Never underestimate the depth of your subjectivity."

"One lives and analyses data within a frame, unaware that the solution is most often just outside of that frame. Never underestimate the depth of your subjectivity."

Darrell Calkins, American Author

Cognition, Insight, Perspective, Thinking, Limit

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"The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs."

"The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Cognition, Truth, Wisdom, Perception, Power

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"A single thought can shift your entire world."

"A single thought can shift your entire world."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Cognition, Thought, Transformation, Mindset, Power

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"A circle drawn on a blackboard, a right triangle, a rhombus--all these are forms we can fully intuit; Ireneo could do the same with the stormy mane of a young colt, a small herd of cattle on a mountainside, a flickering fire and its uncountable ashes, and the many faces of a dead man at a wake. I have no idea how many stars he saw in the sky."

"A circle drawn on a blackboard, a right triangle, a rhombus--all these are forms we can fully intuit; Ireneo could do the same with the stormy mane of a young colt, a small herd of cattle on a mountainside, a flickering fire and its uncountable ashes, and the many faces of a dead man at a wake. I have no idea how many stars he saw in the sky."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Cognition, Perception, Memory, Detail, Awareness

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"The subconscious mind does not care about what we consciously call reality."

"The subconscious mind does not care about what we consciously call reality."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

Cognition, Subconscious, Reality, Mind, Perception

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"You cannot solve a level four problem with level one thinking."

"You cannot solve a level four problem with level one thinking."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Cognition, Problem, Thinking, Complexity, Strategy

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"But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme."

"But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Cognition, Humanity, Understanding, Self-Awareness

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