{"id":4275,"date":"2008-04-03T05:22:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/03\/open-thread-having-a-stroke-feels-blissful\/"},"modified":"2008-04-03T05:22:30","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T12:42:18","slug":"open-thread-having-a-stroke-feels-blissful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4275","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: Having A Stroke Feels Blissful"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a Harvard-trained<\/a> neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor has always known more about brains than most people. But when a brain hemorrhage triggered her own stroke, she suddenly had a front-row seat on the deterioration of the brain.<\/p>\n

Dr. Taylor recounts the details of her stroke and the amazing insights she gained from it in a riveting 18-minute video of her speech at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference in Monterey, Calif., last month. Her fascinating lecture includes a detailed explanation of the differences between the left and right sides of the brain, complete with an incredibly cool prop \u2014 a real human brain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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