The Minute You Succumb To Outside Pressure,

Here Is A Neuron That Fires When I Reach And Grab Something, But It Also Fires When I Watch Joe Reaching And Grabbing Something. ... It's As Though This Neuron Is Adopting The Other Person's Point Of View.

One Of The First Things We Teach Medical Students Is To Listen To The Patient By Taking A Careful Medical History. Ninety Percent Of The Time, You Can Arrive At An Uncannily Accurate Diagnosis By Paying Close Attention, Using Physical Examination And Sophisticated Lab Test To Confirm Your Hunch (and To Increase The Bill To The Insurance Company).

The Boundary Between Neurology And Psychiatry Is Becoming Increasingly Blurred, And Its Only A Matter Of Time Before Psychiatry Becomes Just Another Branch Of Neurology.

If You're A Thinking Person, The Liver Is Interesting, But Nothing Is More Intriguing Than The Brain.

Our Ability To Perceive The World Around Us Seems So Effortless That We Tend To Take It For Granted.