On the morning of Dec 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke. A blood vessel burst in the left half of her brain, and over the course of the next four hours, she witnessed her brain systematically deteriorate. Most of us are not so well-equipped to rationally observe the nature of our own stroke, but as a neuroanatomist, Dr. Bolte Tayler methodically captured her extraordinary experience in what would become one of the most captivating and astonishing talks ever given.
Stroke of Insight
Stroke of Insight
Stroke of Insight
On the morning of Dec 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke. A blood vessel burst in the left half of her brain, and over the course of the next four hours, she witnessed her brain systematically deteriorate. Most of us are not so well-equipped to rationally observe the nature of our own stroke, but as a neuroanatomist, Dr. Bolte Tayler methodically captured her extraordinary experience in what would become one of the most captivating and astonishing talks ever given.