9780340980484-0340980486-My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

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

ISBN-13: 9780340980484
ISBN-10: 0340980486
Edition: 1st
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Viking
Format: Hardcover 183 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780340980484
ISBN-10: 0340980486
Edition: 1st
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Viking
Format: Hardcover 183 pages

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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (ISBN-13: 9780340980484 and ISBN-10: 0340980486), written by authors Jill Bolte Taylor, was published by Viking in 2008. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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. ( Amazon review)

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