Michael Posner

Cognitive Science United States 1936 101 quotes

American psychologist who researches attention networks in the brain.

Most quoted

"Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought."

— from Book, 1980

"The default mode network is active during periods of mind-wandering and self-referential thought, and its interaction with attentional networks is complex."

— from NeuroImage, 2011

"The pursuit of knowledge in science is a continuous process of asking better questions and devising more sophisticated ways to answer them."

— from Keynote Address, 2012