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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 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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"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 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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"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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