My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Plume, 2009Description: xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9780452295544; 0452295548Subject(s): Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- -- Health | Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography | Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation | Stroke -- Personal Narratives | Stroke -- rehabilitation -- Personal Narratives | Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics) | Mind-Body Relations, MetaphysicalGenre/Form: Biography. DDC classification: 362.196810092 LOC classification: RC388.5 | .T387 2009NLM classification: WL 355Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 362.196/TAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500046442 |
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Includes index.
"Previously published in a Viking edition."--Title page verso.
"A Plume book."
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 December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.
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