Purchase
A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Plume
June 2009
On Sale: May 26, 2009
224 pages
ISBN: 0452295548
EAN: 9780452295544
Paperback
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Memoir
The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles
how a brain scientist’s own stroke led to enlightenment 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.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy