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Author:

Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959-

Title:

My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.

Edition:

1st Viking ed.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

183 p : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Taylor, Jill Bolte,--1959---Health.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--United States--Biography.
Cerebrovascular disease--Rehabilitation.--Rehabilitation.
Stroke--rehabilitation--Personal Narratives.

Contents:

Jill's pre-stroke life -- Simple science -- Hemispheric asymmetries -- Morning of the stroke -- Orchestrating my rescue -- My return to the still -- Bare to the bone -- Neurological intensive care -- Day two: the morning after -- Day three: G.G. comes to town -- Healing and preparing for surgery -- Stereotactic craniotomy -- What I needed the most -- Milestones for recovery -- My stroke of insight -- My right and left minds -- Own your power -- Cells and multidimensional circuitry -- Finding your deep inner peace -- Tending the garden.

Summary:

On the morning of December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind completely deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.

ISBN:

0670020745
9780670020744

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228441969

LCCN:

2008271243

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