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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor
from Viking Adult

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Fantastic Voyage
  I bought this book after seeing a video of Jill Bolte Taylor talking about her experiences on Youtube. My only complaint is that I wanted more! I consider it to be one of the most amazing and important books ever written. It should be compulsory reading for all stroke victims, their loved ones and medical personnel. Oh, and probably for everyone with a brain as well. You read it and you are likely to want to go and hug Jill for a couple of hours for being.

• Unique! Interesting! Powerful! Informative!
  Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor has put together an awesome book! My Stoke of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey is extremely well written. What are the odds that someone with such extraordinary knowledge of the brain and at the height of her career would have a stroke at the age of 37 and live to share such an amazing journey with us? That, coupled with her talent as a writer is unique and extremely interesting.
  This book is written on a level that average people can comprehend. Step-by-step the... more info

• Excellent Book
  I selected this book wanting to read about the author's right brain experiences. For me this part of the book alone would have made it remarkable. But the information on how she healed and the implications for caregivers likewise were eyeopening. I wish I had read this book before the brief period my father was in a coma before he died. It has given me a new respect for the plasticity of the brain and the implications beyond strokes and I immediately began another book on that topic. Finally, at a personal... more info

• My Stroke of Insight
  This book is informative, personal and scientific--a rare combination. I teach Anatomy and Physiology to Nursing Students and have ordered a second copy so the students may borrow it for extra-credit reading. The left brain-right brain differences are often neglected when studying the brain and this book informs us without being boring. It is good reading for the layperson as well as the scientist.

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