V.S. Ramachandran

Phantom limbs remind us that the body map in the brain is plastic.

To understand the brain is to understand the mind.

Humor is the brain's way of dealing with absurdity.

Evolution has wired us for survival, not for truth.

The joy of discovery is the greatest reward of science.

Blindsight reveals that consciousness is not necessary for perception.

We are what we pretend to be, because the brain believes the pretense.

Music is the universal language of the brain.

Anosognosia is denial made neurological.

The mind is what the brain does.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Qualia are the subjective experiences that make life rich.

The brain's plasticity is our greatest asset and liability.

Empathy is the mirror neuron in action.

Science without imagination is lame; imagination without science is blind.

The illusion of self is what binds us to reality.

Colors are not in the world; they are in the mind.

To cure the phantom is to remap the brain.

Wisdom comes from understanding our own delusions.

The brain is a storytelling machine.