from Amazon:

"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."

for anytime and anywhere. When you want hope. When you want more information about the brain. When you want to satisfy your curiosity and much more

Since I'm a neuroscientist in specialty, I loved the details given that are just enough to satisfy the public without being too boring.

I loved the details given about the incident, the struggle during and after. The insights that gave the author the chance to stand up again and accomplish so many.

It's very inspirational and that what I liked the most

to study more about the brain and move further to study the human brain.

joyful, teary, hopeful and many more lovely and positive emotions

Amazing!Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D.

for everyone. Academic or non-academic, Young or adult

Neuroscience is a very joyful and complicate subject that I was so lucky to stumble upon. I'm very thankful for our brains and I hope I can accomplish more by stepping outside my comfort zone and believe in myself a bit more

Interested in buying this? Support Writing.Com by making your purchase of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey   from Amazon.Com!

Created Apr 04, 2013 at 9:52am • Submit your own review...