“中風: 女腦科專家之第一人身經驗" / "My Stroke of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor

There are many scientific theses and medical journals on stroke, a disease that often kills or paralyzes its victims. But none is more revealing than the first person account by brain scientist and stroke victim Jill Bolte Taylor whose video presentation below provides us with her insight into the concept of "self" and the way her brain functi0ned during and after her stroke.



Here are my other blog articles of interest:

1. 軀体、靈魂、自我 (上册) / Body, Soul and Self (Part 1 of 2) http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/04/body-soul-and-self-part-1-of-2.html

2. 自閉症作家唐娜、威廉姆斯的【此地無人】/ Donna Williams' "Nobody Nowhere - The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic" http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/04/donna-williams-nobody-nowhere.html

Reference: The above video clip is from http://www.ted.com/ with the following text:

"... 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 about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another ..."

Related Links:

1. "Jill Bolte Taylor" Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Bolte_Taylor
"... Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959) is a neuroanatomist who specializes in the postmortem investigation of the human brain. She is affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the national spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, and is the consulting neuroanatomist for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute. Her own personal experience with a massive stroke, experienced in 1996 at age 37, and her subsequent eight-year recovery, has informed her work as a scientist and speaker. For this work, in May 2008 she was named to Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. "My Stroke of Insight" received the top "Books for a Better Life" Book Award in the Science category from the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on February 23, 2009 in New York City ..."

2. "Stroke" Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke

3. 【中風】: 維基百科http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E4%B8%AD%E9%A2%A8&variant=zh-hk