Most theoretical work since the proposals of Hebb (1949) and Hayek (1952) has relied upon particular forms of dependent synaptic rules in which eithe…

- Gerald Edelman

Consciousness allows you the capacity to plan.

- Gerald Edelman

A knowledge of brain science will provide one of the major foundations of the new age to come. That knowledge will spawn cures for disease, new machi…

- Gerald Edelman

Hebb place the Law of Effect at the synaptic level by proposing a correlation model of synaptic modification similar to that of Hayek (1952). This w…

- Gerald Edelman

We're inquiring into the deepest nature of our constitutions: How we inherit from each other. How we can change. How our minds think. How our will is…

- Gerald Edelman

Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe.

- Gerald Edelman

Your brain develops depending on your individual history. What has gone on in your own brain and its consciousness over your lifetime is not repeatab…

- Gerald Edelman

Evolution works by selection, not by instruction. There is no final cause, no teleology, no purpose guiding the overall process

- Gerald Edelman

The analogy between the mind and a computer fails for many reasons. The brain is constructed by principles that assure diversity and degeneracy. Unli…

- Gerald Edelman