Watch
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s presentationLinks to an external site.
about her “Stroke of Insight” (about 20 minutes)
If the video from this website will not load on your computer go to Dr. Taylor’s personal
website Links to an external site.
and
listen on NPR Links to an external site.
or just search “Stroke of Insight” and look for Dr. JBT’s TED talk.
1) Describe two new pieces of information you learned about the brain beyondwhat is covered in class videos or materials and what you read in the textbook. (Don’t just repeat the book material to me. What was new from Dr. JBT?)
2) Dr. Taylor discusses the “we inside of me” in talking about how she uses her left and right brains. Have you ever experienced the shifts she describes, between the two ways of approaching life? Think of a time when you tend to use your right brain more, and a time when you use your left brain more. Describe these. Does her approach or theory make sense to you? Does it change how you think about thinking?
3) What kind of changes were made in Dr. Taylor’s life following her stroke? Did any good come from her experience? Strokes are generally considered to be a terrible thing, but could this one have been for the best somehow? Have you ever had a ‘disability’ or a perceived difficulty turn into an unexpected benefit?
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