Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
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A Superhighway to Bliss By Leslie Kaufman / May 25, 2008 -New York Times
JILL BOLTE TAYLOR was a neuroscientist working at Harvard's brain research center when she experienced nirvana. But she did it by having a stroke.
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