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Quotes from Evolution of the Human Brain — Roger Wolcott Sperry

1913–1994 United States

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Prior to the advent of brain, there was no color and no sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably rather little sense and no feeling or emotion. Before brains the universe was also free of pain and anxiety.

Evolution of the Human Brain (1964)

There probably is no more important quest in all science than the attempt to understand those very particular events in evolution by which brains worked out that special trick that has enabled them to add to the cosmic scheme of things: color, sound, pain, pleasure, and all the other facets of mental experience.

Evolution of the Human Brain (1964)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Roger Wolcott Sperry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.