Nicolelis Miguel Quotes & Sayings

We basically created a computational unit out of two brains. — Miguel Nicolelis

With its billions of interconnected neurons, whose interactions change from millisecond to millisecond, the human brain is an archetypal complex system. — Miguel Nicolelis

A lot of people thought the sense of self was hard-wired, but it's not at all. It can be changed very quickly, and that's very intriguing. — Miguel Nicolelis

I think the word 'soul' - it depends on what you define by 'soul.' If you're defining it as a mystical aura that is outside the body, I cannot measure that. If you're talking about soul as human nature, the rank of spectrum of behaviors and reactions that we know humans produce under certain circumstances, that is measurable. — Miguel Nicolelis

It's not telepathy. It's not the Borg. But we created a new central nervous system made of two brains. — Miguel Nicolelis

Hey, pal, Matthew whispered. He was the only person who could get away with calling Ronan pal. Matthew Lynch was a bear of a boy, square and solid and earnest. His head was covered with soft, golden curls completely unlike any of his other family members. And in his case, the perfect Lynch teeth were framed by an easy, dimpled smile. He had two brands of smile: the one that was preceded by a shy dip of his chin, a dimple, and then BAM, smile. And the one that teased for a moment before BAM, an infectious laugh. Females of all ages called him adorable. Males of all ages called him buddy. Matthew failed at many more things than either of his older brothers, but unlike Declan or Ronan, he always tried his hardest.
Ronan had dreamt one thousand nightmares about something happening to him. — Maggie Stiefvater

Have the courage to live... Anyone can die. — Bailey Vincent

To Karen he was worse than a stranger: she knew with certainty that something weird lurked inside him. — Alexandra Kleeman

I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes. — Allyson Felix

It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in a stadium is something very much outside our routine in robotics. It's never been done before. — Miguel Nicolelis

We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer. — Miguel Nicolelis

We want to galvanize people's imaginations. With enough political will and investment, we could make wheelchairs obsolete. — Miguel Nicolelis

Just follow the music — Miguel Nicolelis

My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands. — Robin Hayes

The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're going to. — Miguel Nicolelis

I have no military application in my research. You know, we are all involved into rehabilitation medicine. — Miguel Nicolelis

Even two of humanity's most intimate possessions - a sense of self and a body image - are fluid, highly modifiable creations of the brain's mischievous deployment of electricity and a handful of chemicals. They both can change or be changed on less than a second's notice. — Miguel Nicolelis

Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that. — Jessie J.

I wanted to write a short letter but I only had time to write a long one....

This is not my quote but I can't remember who said it...anyone know? — Kaye Linden

A stage setting is not a background; it is an environment. — Robert Edmond Jones

In my view, while the single neuron is the basic anatomical and information processing-signaling unit of the brain, it is not capable of generating behaviors and, ultimately, thinking. Instead, the true functional unit of the central nervous system is a population of neurons, or neural ensembles or cell assemblies. — Miguel Nicolelis

The kind of neuroscience that I do and my colleagues do is almost like the weatherman. We are always chasing storms. We want to see and measure storms - brainstorms, that is. — Miguel Nicolelis

Eventually, brain implants will become as common as heart implants. I have no doubt about that. — Miguel Nicolelis

Essentially, all expressions of human nature ever produced, from a caveman's paintings to Mozart's symphonies and Einstein's view of the universe, emerge from the same source: the relentless dynamic toil of large populations of interconnected neurons. — Miguel Nicolelis

Being funny has always mattered a lot to me. It's why I started acting - to make my friends laugh. — Nick Wechsler

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path ... Male strength
the desire to be cradled again? ... I'd love someone to pick me up and carry me off. Frightening. Lindsay assures me I'd start to fidget after a while. She's such a comfort. — Emma Thompson

Braven Tooth, you remember the last time I played-'
'That was the last time?'
'It was, and there's been a lot who've fallen since then. Friends. People we grew to love, and now miss, like holes in the heart.' He drew a deep breath, then continued, 'It's been waiting, inside, for a long time. So, my old, old friends, let's hear some names. — Steven Erikson

You could have all the computer chips ever in the world and you won't create a consciousness. — Miguel Nicolelis

We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals. — Miguel Nicolelis

There are several patients - there are thousands of patients, tens of thousands of patients, that carry either a stimulator in the brain or in the periphery, in the inner ear, to restore neurological functions or to control diseases like Parkinson's disease. — Miguel Nicolelis

Impossible is just the possible that someone has not put enough effort to make it come true. — Miguel Nicolelis

We started all this research way back in the early 1990s, developing a technique that allows us to record the electrical signals produced by neurons simultaneously. — Miguel Nicolelis

We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could imagine that a combination of brains could provide solutions that individual brains cannot achieve by themselves. — Miguel Nicolelis

Timing of creation of AVF and AVG is important in determining use of VA in prevalent HD patients. KDOQI recommends creation of AVF when either creatinine clearance is less than 25 mL/min, creatinine is 4 mg/dL, or initiation of HD is expected within 1 year. — Arif Asif