In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way. Eric Kandel artcolorcomponent Change image and share on social
I went to medical school after having decided to do so somewhere between my junior and senior year at Harvard - very late. I initially wanted to be an intellectual historian. Eric Kandel decideharvardhistorian Change image and share on social
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions. Eric Kandel actionbiologicalbrain Change image and share on social
When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. Eric Kandel 1950salzheimerdisease Change image and share on social
What the Ellison Foundation and I are hoping to encourage is a more holistic approach to psychiatry, in which psychotherapy is put on as rigorous a level as psychopharmacology. Eric Kandel approachellisonencourage Change image and share on social
I was interested in the nature of human mental processes, which is what got me interested in psychoanalysis. And it became clear to me after a while that mental processes come from the brain, and in order to understand them, you need to be a biologist of the brain. Eric Kandel biologistbrainclear share on social
Life is sort of a circle. You come back to a lot of the interests that you had early in life. Eric Kandel backcircleearly Change image and share on social
I would not necessarily say that scientists and artists need to collaborate with one another, but it would be helpful for them to talk to one another to, perhaps, give rise to specific ideas that may or may not be carried out together. Eric Kandel artistcarrycollaborate share on social
Early in my career, I was disappointed that psychoanalysis was not becoming more empirical, was not becoming more scientific. It was primarily concerned with individual patients. It wasn't trying to collect data from large groups of people who have been analyzed. Eric Kandel analyzecareercollect share on social
Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date, your first love. Eric Kandel datedayfascinate Change image and share on social
