Chris et al- 
I don't know how many of you remember the story but several years ago, Dr Jill 
Bolte Taylor suffered a major stroke (neuroanatomist). Originally, if memory 
serves, she suffered profound loss of language and other left-hemisphere 
functions. She has since developed a number of talents that she was previously 
unaware of including making stained glass sculptures and of "anatomically 
correct" brains. See: http://drjilltaylor.com/brains.html for her web-site. 
There is also a book on her story titled, "My Stroke of Insight: A brain 
scientist's personal journey". 

She was the one seen on video (Nova?) relating her experience the morning of 
the stroke- at one point she has the thought, "So this is what my patients have 
been experiencing. Neat!" I can only admire or wonder at that level of 
scientific curiosity in such a time of tragedy. I fear my one word response 
wouldn't be repeatable on list! :)
Tim

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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and 
systems

"it is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY.
You have to speak with it, too." - Taylor Mali


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