My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.
By: Taylor, Jill Bolte.
New York : Viking, 2008, c2006Edition: 1st Viking ed.Description: 183 p : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0670020745; 9780452295544.Subject(s): Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- -- Health | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography | Stroke -- rehabilitation -- Personal NarrativesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 362.196810092 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC388.5 .T387 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001747 |
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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.