Video: Rebuilding your own mind
Watch a video about Jill Bolte Taylor
On 10 December 1996, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor had a stroke when a blood vessel ruptured in her brain. Robbed of her memory, motor skills, even personality, she retreated into herself and dwelled primarily in her brain’s right hemisphere. During the eight years to full recovery, she found ways to control her thoughts and rebuild her mind. She tells Michael Reilly why the stroke was the best thing that ever happened to her
What did the stroke do to you?
Because the haemorrhage was in my cerebral cortex,…
