12-26-2012, 10:14 PM
Good video. I had read about this experience some time ago, but this is the first I had heard her talk about it.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_tayl...sight.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_tayl...sight.html
Quote:Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.