http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
This is a video talk by a brain scientist Jill Taylor, who experienced a stroke, which had a profound affect on her life. It gets pretty pretentious towards the end for my likings, but I found the description of what she experienced over the duration of the stroke very interesting.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the psuedo-spiritual rant near the end a little tiresome.
for sure. I mean come on shes a bloody brain scientist not a religious fanatic. Nonetheless the phenomenology of her experience is interestin philisophically. since once again it demonstrates the modularity of the brain and experience.
indeed, the phenomenological aspect of her experience is quite interesting, but the whole thing gets rather bizarre towards the end of the video... but let's be cautious: I don't think that kind of first person reports count as a 'demonstration' of anything... even Jerry Fodor would discredit that testimony as serious evidence for mind/brain modularity
Surely brain modularity is pretty much well established empirically, and this video just demonstrates it phenomenologically just like split brain syndrome. I mean her language area of the brain gets damaged and as a result she can't perceive written language. it dosn't take a genius to put 2 and 2 together. Also I have to say I'm not the biggest fan of Fodor, although I'm not sure what your refering to.
Thank you for that. Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight is one of the most incredible stories I've heard in a long time. Her TEDTalk video blew my mind wide open to new possibilities. On the one hand, there's what she went through and how she emerged from it. On the other hand, there's what she can teach all of us.
I saw the 4 part Oprah interview on Oprah dot com Soul Series and I did learn a lot from that, but I'd like to find our more of how to do what Dr. Taylor did, without having a stroke of course!
Thin how many of us are living too much in the head, and not the heart. And of course, you can't get more left brain than a Harvard Brain Scientist. Isn't it ironic that she should be the one to have the stroke and transform from the quintessential left brainer into this ""seen the light"" disciple of finding inner peace?
I hope this movement keeps going. Maybe there will be My Stroke of Insight classes where we can practice what Jill Bolte Taylor is preaching.
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT was ranked #5 in all books sold on Amazon today and #1 in Memoirs above even Barbara Walters' memoir. Babs had been promoting her book for months in advance and Dr. Taylor's book was self-published.
Then Oprah recommended it. There's the Power of Now, and then there's the Power of Oprah!!
"My Stroke of Insight" is out in Hardcover now for less than the old paperback edition. Amazon has it for 40% off.
A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities.The Ultimate Truth series will continue shortly, but I couldn't wait to share with you a wonderful new video called A Stroke Of Insight.These stories of insight are based on Dr. Jill's interactions with the thousands of people who have shared their anecdotes from insights learned through her.
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