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My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection RC388.5 .T387 2008
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LIBRA RC388.5 .T387 2008b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959---Health.
- Taylor, Jill Bolte.
- Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959-.
- Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Cerebrovascular disease.
- Cerebrovascular disease--Patients.
- Health.
- United States.
- Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
- Stroke Rehabilitation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Stroke Rehabilitation.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 183 p : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Viking edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2008.
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780670020744
- 0670020745
- OCLC:
- 228441969
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