What is learning but a set of sensory signals from the environment, with different forms of learning resulting from different types or patterns of se… - Eric Kandel

O'Keefe... argued that many forms of explicit memory (for example, memory for people and objects) use spatial coordinates... we typically remember people and events in a spatial context.

The life of a biological scientist in the United States is a life of discussion and debate—it is the Talmudic tradition writ large. ...The egalitarian structure of American science encourages this camaraderie. ...this would not—could not—have taken place in the Austria, the Germany, the France, or perhaps even the England of 1955.

Reductionism can expand our vision and give us new insights into the nature and creation of art.