Steven Hyman Quotations

I think that, with some notable exceptions, the community of scientists was excessively optimistic about how quickly imaging would have an impact on psychiatry. In their enthusiasm, people forgot that the human brain is the most complex object in the history of human inquiry, and it's not at all easy to see what's going wrong.

These are real illnesses of a real organ, the brain, just like coronary artery disease is a disease of a real organ, the heart.

This is a big first step. Ultimately this is a very long term plan. We may not be done building for many decades.

For a university with global aspirations, it is critical that Harvard have a strong program on Islam that is worldwide and interdisciplinary in scope.