Michael Merzenich quotes

If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body. (Michael Merzenich)
My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement. View quote
Michael Merzenich
Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it. View quote
Michael Merzenich
My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment. View quote
Michael Merzenich

Michael Merzenich

Occupation: American Scientist
Born: May 15, 1942
Quotes count: 4