Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist. When she was only 37, Jill suffered a massive stroke when a blood vessel burst in the left hemisphere of her brain. Jill remained conscious during the whole experience and recounted her life-altering day at the 2008 TED (Technology Entertainment Design) conference, a video that has become an Internet sensation. ted.com. Jill went on to write a NY Times Bestselling book called "My Stroke of Insight"-a detailed account of the day of her stroke and the subsequent years of recovery.
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