Brain Scientist Gets a 'Stroke of Insight' Imagine experiencing a stroke, and knowing exactly what is happening to you. That's just what happened to brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor, who talks about the experience and what it taught her.

Brain Scientist Gets a 'Stroke of Insight'

Brain Scientist Gets a 'Stroke of Insight'

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Imagine experiencing a stroke, and knowing exactly what is happening to you. That's just what happened to brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor when she suffered a stroke nearly a dozen years ago at age 37.

She talks about that experience and what it taught her, as detailed in her new book, My Stroke of Insight.