We're getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I'm going to let you yank on me.

But often, it's easier to resist temptation with distraction, or to be so inculcated in doing the right thing that it's automatic, outside the frontal cortex's portfolio - Then it isn't the harder thing, it's the only thing you can do.

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.

We're getting along so well; I trust you so much for this one second that I'm going to let you yank on me.

If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.