Date: May 18, 2015

"He told me that, while many people find that walking or jogging shakes ideas loose from the subconscious, he needs to quell all physical activity."

— Colapinto, John (b. 1958)

Date: May 18, 2015

"In this view, mental disorders result from the shorting-out or disruption of the larger circuit wiring of the brain--and it is in defining and describing those circuit connections that Deisseroth's innovations promise to be especially helpful."

— Colapinto, John (b. 1958)

Date: May 18, 2015

"'I have to be totally still.' Ideas come floating up 'like a bubble in liquid.' At that point, he goes into an excitable motor state, pacing or scribbling down ideas."

— Colapinto, John (b. 1958)

Date: December 31, 2016

"An ancient inner layer [of the brain], inherited from reptiles, was presumed to contain circuits for basic survival. The middle layer, the 'limbic system,' supposedly contained emotion circuitry inherited from mammals."

— Barrett, Lisa Feldman (b. 1963)

Date: December 31, 2016

"The human brain didn't evolve like a piece of sedimentary rock, with layers of increasing cognitive sophistication slowly accruing over time."

— Barrett, Lisa Feldman (b. 1963)

Date: December 31, 2016

"Rather (in the words of the neuroscientist Georg Striedter), brains evolve like companies do: they reorganize as they expand."

— Barrett, Lisa Feldman (b. 1963)

Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"Everyone has the capacity to overthink — but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like 'a car without brakes,' he said."

— Hannah Seo

Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"The experts we spoke with said that if your rumination is on the milder side -- meaning you're stuck in a stream of thoughts, but it's not so distressing or constant that it feels intolerable -- certain simple strategies might help."

— Hannah Seo

Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"One of the most effective things you can do when your thoughts are spiraling out of control is to distract yourself, Dr. Siegle said."

— Hannah Seo