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I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

Exciting discoveries in neuroscience are allowing us to fit educational methods to new understandings of how the brain develops.

The kind of neuroscience that I do and my colleagues do is almost like the weatherman. We are always chasing storms. We want to see and measure storms - brainstorms, that is.

To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.

Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

Discipline has been a key factor to my success.

In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.