I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in World War I. Eric Kandel austrobeardefeat Change image and share on social
I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the government could not lie to its people. Eric Kandel criticalgovernmentlie Change image and share on social
The biology of mind bridges the sciences - concerned with the natural world - and the humanities - concerned with the meaning of human experience. Eric Kandel biologybridgeconcern Change image and share on social
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory into long term memory. Eric Kandel converthippocampuslesion Change image and share on social
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
If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective. Eric Kandel bookhistoricalperspective Change image and share on social
I've been collecting art for much of my adult life. I started around 1960. And my wife and I really enjoy art a great deal. We don't have a lot of money, so we have works on paper, but we enjoy them a great deal. Eric Kandel adultartcollect share on social
One of the wonderful things about Internet is it's like a salon. It brings people together from different intellectual walks of life. Eric Kandel bringintellectualinternet Change image and share on social
In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychoanalysis swept through the intellectual community, and it was the dominant mode of thinking about the mind. People felt that this was a completely new set of insights into human motivation, and that its therapeutic potential was significant. Eric Kandel 1950s1960scommunity share on social
Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but you don't know. Eric Kandel degreefindhave Change image and share on social
