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| My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey |
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Manufacturer: Viking Adult
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196810092
EAN: 9780670020744
ISBN: 0670020745
Label: Viking Adult
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2008-05-14
Publisher: Viking Adult
Studio: Viking Adult
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Jill Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, she watched her mind deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of the brain, her respect for the cells in her body, and an amazing mother, Jill completely recovered. In My Stroke of Insight, she shares her recommendations for recovery and the insight she gained into the unique functions of the two halves of her brain. When she lost the skills of her left brain, her consciousness shifted away from normal reality where she felt "at one with the universe." Taylor helps others not only rebuild their brains from trauma, but helps those of us with normal brains better understand how we can consciously influence the neural circuitry underlying what we think, how we feel and how we react to life's circumstances.
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Summary: Outstanding
Comment: This is the BEST book I have ever read on the subject
of what it feels like to have a stroke!!!!
Author even told us how to treat stroke survivors-what to do
and what not to do.
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Summary: Great Book
Comment: This is a very "insightful" book - a must read. Well written, highly understandable and uplifting.
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Summary: admirable
Comment: An amazing true story by an amazing woman. It also teaches us how to respond to "damaged" people.
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Summary: MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Comment: THIS BOOK GOT ME TO "STEP TO THE RIGHT" AND DECIDE TO DONATE MY BRAIN TO THE HARVARD BRAIN BANK WHEN I DIE. IT ALSO GAVE ME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THE BRAIN WORKS AND HEALS ITSELF. IT IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE. IT IS WRITTEN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS AND IS A SPIRITUAL BOOK AS WELL. THANK YOU, DR. TAYLOR, FOR WRITING IT. NAMASTE.
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Summary: stirring story
Comment: What a great story by a wonderful stroke survivor. Just another person who went on to prove medical experts wrong. I too am a survivor and I felt a lot of emotion reading many instances in Jill's story as some things were very similar. This book should be read by medical people.
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