Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
American neuroanatomist, author, and inspirational public speaker Jill Bolte Taylor is guest in Crosstalks on the human brain “Understanding and mapping the human brain”. Released and broadcast live on April 23, at 6 PM CET on www.crosstalks.tv. Listen to her amazing story!
“One morning, a blood vessel in Jill Bolte Taylor’s brain exploded. As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness …
Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk. She has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and for the possibility of coming back from brain injury stronger than before. In her case, although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy from her right. From her home base in Indiana, she now travels the country on behalf of the Harvard Brain Bank as the “Singin’ Scientist.” Facts from TED Talks.
Find Jill Bolte Taylors webpage on TED Talks here.
All photos of Jill Bolt Taylor published at Crosstalks are taken by: Kip May
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Crosstalks is an international academic talk show, broadcast once a month by two of Swedens top universities – KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. It is a platform for discussions on global challenges in an open and on-going dialogue with viewers around the world. The tone of the programme is relaxed, with a twinkle in its eye: just like a good, engaging lecture. All talks are always available at www.crosstalks.tv.
All talks are always available at www.crosstalks.tv
