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Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
By Viola | July 24, 2008
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor has become a brain researcher and she studied her own stroke as it happened.
An amazing, astonishing story with a BIG message! Everything is so connected!
20 minutes and 11 seconds WELL WORTH watching!!!
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity only few brain scientists would wish for. A blood vessel in Jill’s brain exploded and she suffered a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions such as
- motion
- speech
- memory
- self-awareness
shut down one by one.
Jill spend 8 years recovering her ability to think, walk and also talk. Even though the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy Jill has come back stronger than before and she has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
“How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I’ve gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career.”
~ Jill Bolte Taylor
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