Graehstone
03-21-2008, 09:42 AM
... and watch the following:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor (http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/203) 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.
This moved me, and provided me with an insight that I need to explore more thoroughly as it would explain many things for me.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor (http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/203) 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.
This moved me, and provided me with an insight that I need to explore more thoroughly as it would explain many things for me.