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Description edit
The true story of a brain physicist who has a stroke and discovers lessons about brain function from a unique perspective. A wonderful resource for any family that has been affected by stroke.
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Characters/People edit
- G.G. I: Jill's mother and the one she calls "Mama".
- Dr. Robert J. Hedaya: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Anne Young
- Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
- Dr. Francine M. Benes
- Mama
- Nia
- Kelly
- Andrew
- Dr. Christopher Ogilvy
- Arthur Ladbroke Wigan
- Amy Rader
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First Sentence edit
Every brain has a story and this is mine.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. Jill's Pre-Stroke Life
2. Simple Science
3. Hemispheric Asymmetries
4. Morning of the Stroke
5. Orchestrating My Rescue
6. My Return to the Still
7. Bare to the Bone
8. Neurological Intensive Care
9. Day Two: The Morning After
10. Day Three: G.G. Comes to Town
11. Healing and Preparing for Surgery
12. Stereotactic Craniotomy
13. What I Needed the Most
14. Milestones for Recovery
15. My Stroke of Insight
16. My Right and Left Minds
17. Own Your Power
18. Cells and Multidimensional Circuitry
19. Finding Your Deep Inner Peace
20. Tending the Garden
Appendix A: Ten Assessment Questions
Appendix B: Forty Things I Needed Most
The Harvard Brain Bank
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jill Bolte Taylor (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
ISBN: 0670020745
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
ISBN: 0670020745
Page Count: 192
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 362.196810092
Subjects edit
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Disorders & Diseases › Strokes
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Anatomy
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › New Age › Mental & Spiritual Healing
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Disorders & Diseases › Nervous System
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Scientists
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Medical
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
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