Filmed Feb 2008 * Posted Mar 2008 * TED2008
"Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery"
From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html :
"1. length: 18:02
2. overall speed (WPM): 150
3. vocabulary profile: 3K-92.9%; 5K-95.3%; 10K-97.9%; OL-1.6%
4. accent: US standard
5. comments: very emotional story; key vocabulary = schizophrenic; stroke (of the brain)
6. Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story."