My stroke of insight :
1959-
My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor. - 1st Viking ed. - New York : Viking, 2008, c2006. - 183 p : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
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.
9780670020744 0670020745
2008271243
Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- --Health.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--United States--Biography.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Stroke--rehabilitation--Personal Narratives.
RC388.5 / .T387 2008b
362.196810092 TAY
My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor. - 1st Viking ed. - New York : Viking, 2008, c2006. - 183 p : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
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.
9780670020744 0670020745
2008271243
Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- --Health.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--United States--Biography.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Stroke--rehabilitation--Personal Narratives.
RC388.5 / .T387 2008b
362.196810092 TAY