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Thread 1:

Most synapses in our brains do not function reliably: rather, they are probability devices.

(pg. 44)

Thread 2:

The feeling that we have about our senses as trustworthy and independent reporters, while overwhelming and persuasive, is simply not true.

(pg. 83)

Thread 3:

Our senses merely “peer through a keyhole” into the sensory space.

(pg. 92)

Thread 4:

Emotion is the brain signal that says, “This is an important ex- perience. Write it down and underline it.”

(pg. 108)

Thread 5:

New love and orgasm operate like heroin and cocaine in their pleasurable effects.

(pg. 69)

Thread 6:

The brain is built like an ice cream cone (and you are the top scoop).

(pg. 97)

Thread 7:

The brain is a block of clay that experience sculpts by carving away inactive or ineffective parts, and also by stick-on bits of new wiring.(pg. 75)

Thread 8:

Rich early experience is important for the brain primarily because it forms the basis for subsequent learning.

(pg. 79)

Thread 9:

During the course of evolution, the brain has never been redesigned from the ground up. It can only add new systems to existing ones.(pg. 143)

Thread 10:

The brain’s propensity for creating coherent, gap-free stories is part of what pre- disposes humans to religious thought. (pg. 225)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 3 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Probability-III-125000753

Slide 12 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Religion-370436303

Slide 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Linden

Slide 6 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Emotion-98053567

Slide 5 - http://bit.ly/1Fhp9KY

Slide 11 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Baby-Boomerang-435501205

Slide 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvyrGEzE-lI

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - http://bit.ly/1QTEhU3

Slide 8 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/ice-cream-cone-tattoo-148480507

Slide 7 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Young-Love-31554826

Slide 4 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Temptation-203093966

Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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