My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

My Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor

missing page info Add in missing page information first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology science emotional medium-paced

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On the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind deteriorate to the point that she lost the ability to walk, talk, r...

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