Cognitive Science Mugs

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

"I totally meant to do that."

"Most people forget they've had amnesia."

"Wait—what did I come into this room to do?"

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

"Roger doesn't use the left side of his brain or the right side. He just uses the middle."

Noam Chomsky

"I've developed a chemical that causes short term memory loss."

"Bertha, are you still getting to grips with the concept of object permanence?"

"What are we watching? I don't know. Some show on short attention spans."

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

"Sometimes ... I just want to run away."

The Map of the human brain

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Lots of personal improvement classes are going on down there. The white blood cells are teaching a self-defense class. The neuron is instructing others about improving communication skills. And a proton and cornea cell have teamed up to teach a class on staying focused and positive! Is the helium atom participating in any of this? No, he thinks he's above it all!

Spindle Neurons

"He doesn’t say much, but he thinks a lot."

"My first night in the lab and I was clearly the smallest brain in the place."

The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and the Woman who Mistook her Husband for a New Mercedes.

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

Man with lobotomy scar - "Changed my mind."

'Maybe we have the wrong subject for this brain mapping project.'

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

'I'm growing mini human brains from stem cells.'

Thinking Cap (a hat in the form of a brain).

"The most obvious side-effect of having a chip implanted in my brain is a constant craving for onion dip."

"Now, let your inner ‘bad dog’ answer the question ..."

'I'm not saying I won't eat left-brained people's brains, but I prefer right.'

X-RAY

"… and a big shout-out to my hippocampus, without which I wouldn’t be standing here saying words."

"Information is moved via neurotransmitters from neuron to neuron via the synapses into the brain where it is then retrieved by the memory via a slap on the back of the head."

A walking brain, with legs, and a head (or is it a mask?)

Brains