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Genre/Form: | Personal Narrative Autobiography Nonfiction Autobiographies Biographies Personal narratives Récits personnels Biography biografi |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959- My stroke of insight. New York : Viking, 2008 (OCoLC)743373517 |
Named Person: | Jill Bolte Taylor; Jill Bolte Taylor; Jill Bolte Taylor; Jill Bolte Taylor; Jill Bolte Taylor |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jill Bolte Taylor |
ISBN: | 9780670020744 0670020745 9780452295544 0452295548 |
OCLC Number: | 228441969 |
Awards: | Winner of Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2008 Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2008 |
Description: | 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Jill's pre-stroke life -- Simple science -- Hemispheric asymmetries -- Morning of the stroke -- Orchestrating my rescue -- My return to the still -- Bare to the bone -- Neurological intensive care -- Day two: the morning after -- Day three: G.G. comes to town -- Healing and preparing for surgery -- Stereotactic craniotomy -- What I needed the most -- Milestones for recovery -- My stroke of insight -- My right and left minds -- Own your power -- Cells and multidimensional circuitry -- Finding your deep inner peace -- Tending the garden. |
Responsibility: | Jill Bolte Taylor. |
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Abstract:
On the morning of December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind completely deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.
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