"It takes my breath away every time I see the subject sitting there in his or her wheelchair being able to, just through their thoughts, control robotic limbs or play a virtual piano or type on a virtual keyboard."

"The motivation for inquiry into the brain is twofold. One is to satisfy our innate curiosity about how this complex machine works. The other is to try to gain understanding that will help improve human health and welfare in general."

"The possibilities of understanding and curing disorders, treating psychiatric illness, and then to understand basic science, I think we're at the tipping point now. The benefits for everyone will be just enormous."

The human brain is the source of cognition, thought, feeling, emotion, planning. It's perhaps the most complicated object in the universe, and we don’t really understand how it does what it does. That's what makes it such a wonderful object to study.

"Millions of years of evolution have had [an] impact to make a structure that's truly amazing; that endows us with the capacity to engage in art, in learning, in communication, in language - the most amazing abilities."

"I actually did not start by being fascinated by neuroscience. Meeting one of my first patients with autism is what really made a difference. Seeing the struggles of the parents and realizing how complex and puzzling this disorder really was, is what drew me towards the brain and brain disorders."

"It's very exciting to be in the field right now. We've just got such amazingly creative neuroscientists throughout the world and these very different techniques. Instead of inferring what happens in the brain, we can directly query what's happening in brain circuits or at the level of the cell that leads to a particular brain disorder."

"We have an opportunity now like we've had few times before to move forward at a rapid pace, take full advantage of the skills of more and more young people across the world, and to be able to excite them about contributing to the betterment of the human condition."

"I remain incredibly excited by Artificial Intelligence. In some respects, it's the most exciting time to be in the field. I think it's because we see momentum, a general awareness, levels of funding, levels of actual deployment of real systems, where people can say, that's actually AI."

"I remain incredibly excited by Artificial Intelligence. In some respects, it's the most exciting time to be in the field. I think it's because we see momentum, a general awareness, levels of funding, levels of actual deployment of real systems, where people can say, that's actually AI."

"Depression is the number one, most disabling condition in the world. Trans-Cranial Stimulation (TMS) allows us to help treatment-resistant patients who don’t normally have treatment options and would allow us to save a lot of lives."

"We are faced with more than 500 kinds of brain disease which are not yet resolved such as mental illness, cerebrovascular disease, tumors and trauma. I have performed more than 10,000 surgeries, studied brain and cortex function. Neuroscience is critical to the future development of mankind."