BRAIN

(See also Human Body; Memory; Mind; Surgery)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

Asimov’s (Isaac) comment on: hp 103; g80 9/8 9-10

bees: g80 12/22 20

blood sugar: g69 6/8 18-19

brain waves: g63 5/8 21

capacity: ce 82, 172, 175-177; g81 1/22 15; gh 73, 167-168; w75 263; w75 684; g74 12/8 18-21; g70 10/8 11; g63 2/22 20; w60 48, 108; g59 10/8 12; w58 393-394, 579; g57 8/8 20; g57 12/8 22; w55 507-508; g54 5/8 16; w53 342-343

in processing data: ce 168-169; g84 5/22 31

language: ce 174-175

memory: g81 1/22 15; g74 12/8 18-21

percentage used: w85 1/15 16-17; w83 11/15 5; g74 12/8 16

preprogrammed predispositions: ce 173-175

rapid mathematical calculations: g80 5/22 31

cell renewal: g72 8/8 30-31; g70 10/8 12-13

cerebral cortex: ce 172-173; g57 12/8 22-24

compared to computer: w85 1/15 16-17; ce 171; g84 5/22 31; g84 10/8 27; w83 1/15 11; g81 1/22 15; g80 7/22 20; g78 7/22 18

compared to telephone centers: g85 7/8 10-11

complexity: ce 170, 172; g85 7/8 10-11; w82 9/15 7; g81 9/22 13; hp 15-16; g80 7/22 20; w78 5/1 15; yy 15

congenital defect: g61 5/22 21-22

damage: g74 12/8 20

designed to serve forever: hp 103; g80 9/8 9-10; w75 684

development during infancy: g80 4/8 10-11; w72 112

discussion: g84 10/8 27; w78 7/15 15-18; g74 12/8 16-21; g68 12/22 9-15

effect of—

alcohol: w74 452; g72 12/8 31

boxing: g84 7/22 29

cold-water submergence: g75 8/22 31

environment: g77 10/22 29; g74 12/8 17-18

exercise with activities like crossword puzzles: g85 4/22 29

heart rate on performance: g80 8/22 23

heavy drinking: g80 3/8 11; g77 2/8 31; g77 12/22 11

malnutrition: g84 6/22 30

marijuana: g81 5/8 29; g80 7/22 13; g80 8/8 7-10; g78 3/22 29; g72 2/8 30; g71 11/22 29

electronic: g57 6/8 13-16; g55 11/8 10-11; g53 8/22 3-4; g51 4/22 20-24

epilepsy: g71 8/8 21-22

evidence of Creator: ce 168-170, 172-178; g85 7/8 10-11; w81 6/15 5; g79 1/8 10-11; w78 7/15 14-18; g76 4/22 6; w75 263; ev 74-77; g62 9/8 5

exercise needed: g85 4/22 29; g58 7/8 11

formation: ce 169

function: w78 7/15 15-18; g73 4/8 22; w67 451; g63 2/22 17

golden bowl: w84 6/15 13; w45 345

hypothalamus: g60 4/8 15; g55 10/8 21-24

IQ (intelligence quotient) and size of: g81 6/8 31

language: g75 8/22 30; g74 12/8 21

learning: g74 12/8 17-18

physiological changes: ce 170

link between aluminum and senility: g80 8/8 30

memory: g74 12/8 16-21

neurons: ce 82; w78 7/15 15-18; w75 684; g68 12/22 11; ev 27, 76

interconnections: ce 170, 172; g85 7/8 10; w75 684; g74 12/8 18-19

number: ce 169; g85 7/8 10; hp 15-16; g74 12/8 18

number used by average person: g80 12/8 29

signal transmission: ce 170

structure: ce 170

oxygen consumption: g76 3/8 11; g74 12/8 17

protection: g74 12/8 16-17; g57 12/8 21

psychosurgery: g75 4/22 12

retaining mental skills in old age: g85 4/22 29; g84 5/8 30

reticular formation: ce 168-169; g60 4/8 16

shrinkage: g80 11/22 29; g72 2/8 30

size: ce 169; g79 1/8 10; w78 7/15 15-18; g67 8/22 27

structure: g68 12/22 11-12; g62 12/8 31; g57 8/22 17-19; g57 12/8 21-24; w53 342-343; g47 8/8 17-20

superiority of human: ce 172-178; g81 1/22 15; yy 15; ts 17; tp73 105; g70 10/8 10-11

babies: ce 169

language: ce 174-175

music: ce 176

surgery without blood: bq 57; g69 8/22 20

treatment of injuries: g57 8/22 17-19; g47 7/8 10; g46 10/8 15; g45 2/28 12; g38 11/16 10

tumor:

account of one person’s experience with: g76 3/8 9-12

Quotations

70 years ... can store up 15 trillion experiences: g85 7/8 10-11

a filing system perfectly capable of handling any load of learning and memory: hp 103; g80 9/8 9-10

am left with no choice but to acknowledge the existence of a Superior Intellect, responsible for the design and development of the incredible brain-mind relationship: ce 171

anyone who speaks of a computer as an ‘electronic brain’ has never seen a brain: ce 171

even harder to accept the evolution of human intelligence as the product of random disruptions in the brain cells of our ancestors: ce 19

how does the brain produce thought? That is the central question and we have still no answer: ce 171

immeasurably more complicated than anything else in the universe: ce 171; g81 9/22 13

memories hold several billion times more information than a large contemporary research computer: ce 171

most marvelous and mysterious object in universe: ce 171; g81 9/22 13; w78 7/15 15

most miraculous creation in world: g79 1/8 10

nothing in technology can match the brain even metaphorically: g79 11/8 24; w78 5/1 15

one of the most complex systems in the known universe: w85 1/15 16-17

profoundly mysterious: ce 171