Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story of recovery and awareness — of how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:44.)
Dr. Bolte Taylor's experience as she describes is amazingly similar to what I recalled. I found her book 'by accident' or fate the first day I left the hospital. For anyone who would like to better understand the stroke experience for one's self or a friend or family, Stroke of Insight will enlighten and come close to empathizing the mind's brilliant, scary and ever evolving brain. And do not believe any 'professional' that the brain is done healing or recovering. We are just starting to understand the wonder of Neuro Plasticity.
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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