strokeofinsight
`Nicole Chicino
Dr. Bradley
Bio 130-02
March 3, 2014
My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor found herself interested in neuroscience from a very young ago. Her brother who was only about a year older than her had suffered with schizophrenia, this only made her question the human brain more and more and then she decided to dedicate her life to studying it. She works for the Harvard Brain Bank and is also a successful brain scientist. But one December morning in 1996, Jill 's life had taken an unexpected turn. She was 37, and living in Massachusetts during the height of her career when she had suffered a major stoke. This stroke had taken her from a neuroscientist to as she describes, "an infant in a woman 's body", in a matter of hours. This changed her perception of things and she was able to see what exactly her body was made up of, her view of the world would be distorted. “My perception of physical boundaries was no longer limited to where my skin met air,” says Jill. Stroke is the number one disabler and number three killer of the cerebral cortex of the brain. Jill had experienced a rare form of stroke, which had left her with a clot the size of a golf ball in her head. Her left hemisphere was very heavily damaged and she was working with solely with the remaining right hemisphere. Between all of her surgeries and personal growth, it had taken her eight years to recover. Dr. Bolte questions herself after the stroke. She questions her identify and who she really is. Since she had lost all her basic abilities, how could she be the same person who she once was? She for sure was no longer a Doctor, she can not remember any of that information, she even worries about her degree being taken from her. Your left hemisphere is in charge of all your memories. The right side is the "here and now" aspect of the brain and the left is in charge of taking that information and making it into memories for you to remember. Jill no longer had this, during
Dr. Bradley
Bio 130-02
March 3, 2014
My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor found herself interested in neuroscience from a very young ago. Her brother who was only about a year older than her had suffered with schizophrenia, this only made her question the human brain more and more and then she decided to dedicate her life to studying it. She works for the Harvard Brain Bank and is also a successful brain scientist. But one December morning in 1996, Jill 's life had taken an unexpected turn. She was 37, and living in Massachusetts during the height of her career when she had suffered a major stoke. This stroke had taken her from a neuroscientist to as she describes, "an infant in a woman 's body", in a matter of hours. This changed her perception of things and she was able to see what exactly her body was made up of, her view of the world would be distorted. “My perception of physical boundaries was no longer limited to where my skin met air,” says Jill. Stroke is the number one disabler and number three killer of the cerebral cortex of the brain. Jill had experienced a rare form of stroke, which had left her with a clot the size of a golf ball in her head. Her left hemisphere was very heavily damaged and she was working with solely with the remaining right hemisphere. Between all of her surgeries and personal growth, it had taken her eight years to recover. Dr. Bolte questions herself after the stroke. She questions her identify and who she really is. Since she had lost all her basic abilities, how could she be the same person who she once was? She for sure was no longer a Doctor, she can not remember any of that information, she even worries about her degree being taken from her. Your left hemisphere is in charge of all your memories. The right side is the "here and now" aspect of the brain and the left is in charge of taking that information and making it into memories for you to remember. Jill no longer had this, during
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