"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 Discovery Channel

The Science Channel

"When Senses Collide"

Aired in the US April 6th, 2008 9pmEST

On www.discovery.channel.com

A Mini Lecture on Synaesthesia in the Blind

by Megan Steven

In LiveScience
"Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color"
by Ker Than
February, 2005

On the BBC
BBC2: Horizon
"Derek Tastes of Earwax"
Aired in the UK
October 29th, 2004


In the New Scientist
"Weird links with words and colours in the mind"
By Alison Motluk
August, 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 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