Neuroscience Fan Gifts

'Sorry, Dr. Schmertzdorf — that was my right brain talking.'

Figures from 'Ascent of Man' diagram all do the Conga: 'Let's all fo the Conga, na-na-na-na ...'

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

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

Man with lobotomy scar - "Changed my mind."

''Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point'. Tennyson.'

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

'It's psychological I know, but it makes me feel warmer...'

"No son of mine is going into entomology."

"The saving grace of living with someone who has AD/HD is that any arguments you have over it never last very long."

"Actually, not all roses are red. Sometimes they're white as well as numerous other colours. Also I think you'll find that violets are sort of purple..."

"Dopamine Casino. Gambling that makes you feel like gambling."

PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC, 'You know what I dread? -- March madness!'

'Amazing this pizza looks just like a brain scan of someone who's experiencing apophenia'

'He's making tremendous progress. last week he had three tails.'

Brains

'I'm going to refer you to Dr. Keinsorge -- he actually enjoys this sort of thing.'

"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."

'I think we're losing sight of our roots.'

"My self help book on self-esteem is not selling as well as I'd anticipated..!"

'Just because they're afraid of you, it doesn't mean they don't like you.'

'You're too aggressive.'

"I've got a friend who thinks I'm Napoleon."

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

"A few centuries ago, there was a very primitive system for data transmission: it was called Synapse.

Storm chaser van with satellite dish and Storm in a teacup chaser van with cup & spoon.

Vaccine race

"This guilt complex is killing me!"

"Hey Neil, I've got an idea - let's really freak everyone out and tell them you're quitting physics to become my new co-Pope."

"Stimulating this area of the brain will enable the patient to think of all the clever things he wished he had said."