"The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know."

— Isaac Asimov

     

"There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons. All that we know, all that we are, comes from the way our neurons are connected."

— Tim Berners-Lee

     

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose."

—  Dr. Seuss

Research in the News

 

On the BBC

BBC2: Horizon

Derek Tastes of Earwax

Aired in the UK

October 29th, 2004

 
 

In Newsweek

Real Rhapsody in Blue

A quirky phenomenon that scientists once dismissed could help explain the creativity of the human brain

By Anne Underwood

November, 2003

 
 

In the New Scientist

Weird links with words and colours in the mind

By Alison Motluk

August, 2004

 
 

In the Society for Neuroscience press release

Once thought to be separate and distinct, scientists now find that human senses are actually interacting and mixing in a genuine phenomenon.

November, 2003

 
 

In LiveScience

Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color

by Ker Than

February, 2005