3
POPSJill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight You have to click the link to view. This was one of the most moving stories I have had the privilege of viewing. I am a a very BIG fan of TED for sometime now. It never ceases to amaze and educate in the most unusual and enlightening ways.
1
POPSHow having a stroke led neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor to nirvana
This fascinating account goes on: Now, after brain surgery and almost a decade of recovery in which she had to relearn how to use the part of her brain that was disabled by the stroke, Taylor says her stroke-induced experience of living primarily in right brain mode — freed of the incessant "chatter" of her left brain as it attempts to organize, categorize and make sense of all it was experiencing — has transformed her into a more creative, compassionate person who feels a strong connection with all life. That sense of oneness came when the left brain's ability to declare "I am" was squelched by the stroke and Taylor lost all sense of herself as an individual. She recalled, in a speech given this past winter at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, being unable to tell where the atoms and molecules that comprised her arm stopped and the atoms and molecules that comprised the rest of the world began. Such experiences are a primary goal of some spiritual traditio
15
POPSA SuperHighway To Bliss "She also receives more than 100 e-mail messages a day from fans. Some are brain scientists, who are fascinated that one of their own has had a stroke and can now come back and translate the experience in terms they can use. Some are stroke victims or their caregivers who want to share their stories and thank her for her openness."
20
POPSMy stroke of Insight "How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I've gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career." Jill Bolte Taylor (TED talk video at source)
2
POPSOf two minds Neuro-anatomist describes the brain and her own health crisis which better connected her with her right hemisphere. From a Ted Talk.
1
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update