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But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time.

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

I have no idea how things work in the life beyond what we know with our senses.

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.

Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.

When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue.

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

I learned in the computer game business early on that all senses are not equal. The best example is, you're listening to a radio play and you're driving down the road, and suddenly you realize you haven't seen the road in five minutes. It's because your visual cortex has been partying with your imagination, basically.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.