Go to main content

My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.

Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959-
2009
RC388.5 .T387 2009 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection
Formats
Format
BibTeX
MARCXML
TextMARC
MARC
DublinCore
EndNote
NLM
RefWorks
RIS
Add to Basket

Items

Details

Title
My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey / Jill Bolte Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Jill Bolte, 1959-
ISBN
9780452295544 (pbk.)
0452295548 (pbk.)
Published
New York : Plume, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Call Number
RC388.5 .T387 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.196810092
Summary
On December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her own mind deteriorate. Now she shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery.
Note
Includes index.
"Previously published in a Viking edition."--Verso of t.p.
"A Plume book."
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
Jill's pre-stroke life
Simple science
Hemispheric asymmetries
Morning of the stroke
Orchestrating my rescue
My return to the still
Bare to the bone
Neurological intensive care
Day two: the morning after
Day three: G.G. comes to town
Healing and preparing for surgery
Stereotactic craniotomy
What I needed the most
Milestones for recovery
My stroke of insight
My right and left minds
Own your power
Cells and multidimensional circuitry
Finding your deep inner peace
Tending the garden.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export