Stroke of Insight

by PapaScott on 15 March 2008

Vowe recommended watching the video Stroke of Insight and it was a very fascinating 19 minutes.

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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