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Imserba Webstore - My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196810092
EAN: 9780452295544
Feature: ISBN13: 9780452295544
ISBN: 0452295548
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2009-05-26
Publisher: Plume
Studio: Plume
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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.
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Summary: Genuinely Insightful Peek Into the Workings of the Mind
Comment: I wholeheartedly commend this work to everyone. One of my first observations to my fiancee after reading of the experience Jill went through was to be that I wanted to be sure she had read this book if anything like this ever happened to me. I would desperately want those on the outside to have the perception provided here regarding what might be happening inside my mind. I also find myself much more aware of my Left Brain internal dialog, which seems to cause me so much misery. No matter who you are or what you have been through, or not been through, read this book! The insights are priceless.
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Summary: Life Changing
Comment: I found out about this book from a radio interview with Dr. Taylor. I found what she was discussing fascinating and eventually got around to reading it. I wish I hadn't waited even a day. Although I am blessed to currently be healthy, and I have no close family or friends who have ever had strokes, I still found this book, literally, life changing. It has completely changed my perspective and outlook on the world. Dr. Taylor is a secular saint as far as I am concerned and we are blessed to hear her message.
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Summary: Close but no cigar
Comment: This book offered great insight into traumatic brain injury through the eyes of one of its "victims". This book was written for the general public but as a student of the hard sciences i found it to be on the "touchy feely", metaphysical side (You are one with the universe.. i get it, next). With that being said, there are still lessons to be learned from the life of Taylor. If you are looking for book about nuerological science and brain injuries this may not be the book for you. But I can see it as a great self help/inspirational book for those who are affected by stroke/brain injuries in any way.
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Summary: Review
Comment: I haven't finished reading the book yet but expect it to be exciting and fun to read based on what I've read so far and the description of the book. The book I received is used (as I requested) but is in excellent condition. It seems to me that it took awhile for the book to arrive but I haven't checked dates, etc. This is my first Amazon review . . .
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Summary: Many strokes - many insights
Comment: This was a fascinating selection for our book group November 2009. There are some things the book does not do. It does not discuss all kinds of strokes but is limited to the kind Jill had. It also does not discuss any differences there might be between male and female brainedness which is something discussed in books like "Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women" by Anne Moir and David Jessel but that might be significant in both the occurrence of a stroke and the impact/ recovery afterwards. This may be especially of importance if male brained individuals are less likely to recover. Apart from issues of this sort, the book does describe some things that seem incredibly useful not only to care providers but to those of us who might use these insights in controlling their own brains. Jill discovers ways to control her attitudes towards things by interpreting some attitudes as right brained and others as left brained. This enables her to choose and she unabashedly chooses the right brained attitudes having discovered she is not fated to have a certain type of character but instead can choose what kind of person she will be. Some of this may related to a book from the 70s called "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes" at least with regard to the relationship between right and left brain ways of thinking. Apart from a stimulating read Jill's book leads to stimulating discussions that might not necessarily be on the book but about personal experiences that seem pertinent in light of the book.
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