Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight | Video on TED.com

I've found the entire collection of videos here at TED to be worthwhile in some regard, but this video is simply amazing. It features Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist who shares her experience of nirvana that coincided with the occurrence of a massive stroke. As the stroke... more

Reviewed by pixiequix May 20 2008, 07:08pm ( 74 reviews ) • ted.com

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Rated by nisetan7 on Jul 22, 10:14am

Wow! This lady is amazing!
Rated by Tigana on Sep 05 2008, 2:34pm

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's claim that the hemispheres of the brain are completely separate from each other - not mentioning the Corpus Callossum and ignoring the Medulla, Pons, Midbrain, Thalamus and Hypothalamus - frightens me. But she is a spokeperson for NAMI, and you don't have to know about science there. And now, it seems, you don't have to know about science at TED either.
Reviewed by greensprite on Aug 31 2008, 6:02am

Ok, this is one of the weirder TED Talks...
Rated by danbaltzell on Jun 25 2008, 1:20pm

a stroke of genius
Reviewed by Fencesandwindows on Jun 24 2008, 12:05pm

"Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story." Blimey!
Rated by MadMadamMim on Jun 22 2008, 2:40pm

A neuroanatomist talks about her experience during her stroke. Amazing insight into how our perception of reality can change and expand, and how our everyday experience of life is limited and trivial.
Rated by meesha7 on Jun 18 2008, 8:31pm

Fascinating and well worth watching. Thumbs up!
Rated by briandrpm on Jun 12 2008, 9:33pm

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