Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was aware of her own stroke in December, 1996, and she has a beautiful message of hope and love to share as a result of what she learned. Dr. Taylor's knowledge of the brain made her the perfect witness to her body's gradual shutdown. Over the course of four hours she watched her body deteriorate in stages, all the while processing its breakdown as if she were a curious explorer taking field notes. The first to go was her perception of herself as separate from the objects around her.
Dr. Taylor will talk about what she learned about the differences in the functions o
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