My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

My Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor

188 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology science emotional medium-paced

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Jill Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, she watched her mind deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her ...

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