My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

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Back in 1998 I first noticed this reference to Jill Bolt Taylor
on the discussion groups sponsored by Dr Dr Phillip Long's Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Dr Long's succient comment:
The Brain: What Is It Like To Have A Stroke?
A physician has a stroke and realizes how similar some of her symptoms are to those of her brother, who has schizophrenia.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill ... sight.html


Jill Bolt Taylor first published her book about her 1996 stroke in 2008

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
ISBN for the new paperback edition:
ISBN-13: 9780452295544 Sales Rank: 1,294 Pub. Date: May 2009

Read the Speakers Bureau information for Jill Bolt Taylor.
http://www.speakers.ca/bolte-taylor_jill.aspx

Quoted
Dr. Jill is the National Spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Harvard Brain Bank) and travels the country as the Singin' Scientist (listen to the Brain Bank Jingle). In addition, she is the Consulting Neuroanatomist for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI), which uses protons (rather than photons) to battle cancer. Since 1993, she has been an active member of NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) and is currently the president of the NAMI Greater Bloomington Area affiliate in Bloomington, Indiana.