Loss of consciouness gradually in a Stroke by a neuroanatomist

This is a fantastic tale told by a neuroanatomist who suffered a massive stroke in her left brain, and recovered.


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Stroke of insight: Jill Bolte Taylor on TED.com

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story of recovery and awareness -- of how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

(Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:44.)





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Two and a half weeks after the hemorrhage, the surgeons went in and they removed a blood clot the size of a golf ball that was pushing on my language centers.

It took her 8 years to recover from the stroke.