My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Taylor, Jill Bolte

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."--ABC News The astonishing New York Times bestseller that...
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Taylor, Jill Bolte

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

$32.07

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

$32.07
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."--ABC News

The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment

On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover.

For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.

Author: Jill Bolte Taylor
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.36h x 6.05w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780452295544
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/26/2009 pg. 16

About the Author
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist who teaches at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington, Indiana. She is the National Spokesperson for the Mentally Ill for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Brain Bank) and the Consulting Neuroantomist for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute. Since 1993 she has been an active member of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Her story has been featured on the PBS program Understanding Amazing Brain, among others. She was interviewed on NPR's Infinite Mind and ABC News, and was named one of The 100 of the World's Most Influential People of 2008 in Time Magazine.

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