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Jill Bolte Taylor
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., is a neuron-anatomist affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is the national spokesperson at the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Brain Bank), and one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2008. show more

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., is a neuron-anatomist affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is the national spokesperson at the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Brain Bank), and one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2008.
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Birth date: May 05, 1959
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Misericordia
Misericordia rated it 7 years ago
An insider to a stroke, Jill has given a fascinating insider review of what happens when brain suffers.
Morbid Obsession (Kynthos)
Morbid Obsession (Kynthos) rated it 11 years ago
What happens when a Brain Scientist suffers a brain damage due to a stroke? Write a book about it and bring others into said quirky brain of course :D
auntieannie
auntieannie rated it 13 years ago
37 year old research scientist experiences an AVM-type stroke and lives to recover (over the course of 8 years) and write about. Fascinating first-person account, and rather heavy on the right-brain preference after the stroke.The most interesting chapters to me were about her experience of the stro...
Reading Maketh a Full Man...
Reading Maketh a Full Man... rated it 14 years ago
This book was difficult to review. On one hand parts of the book are really well done, but the other parts are very poor. So how to you rate the whole thing?The excellent portion of this book had to do with the documentation of the stroke the author suffered at 37. Being a brain scientist by prof...
Ko
Ko rated it 15 years ago
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor: The Missing Disclaimer
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