Oh, you never know, Tim.  I recall the first (of what turned out to be
many) migraine auras I had (without headache -- I apparently don't get
the headache).

I thought I was stroking or had stroked, and I remember mapping the
scotoma on a newspaper I had been reading, thinking "so, this is what
it's like," thinking more about exactly where in the occipital the
damage was, and like that.  It turned out (I am happy to say) to have
been transient, but in that moment I didn't think it was.  

I wasn't sad or afraid; I was curious.  It's one of those situations
over which you have absolutely no control, and most of us academic types
are curious, so at first is the curiosity.  I think later would come the
sadness at the loss.

m


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From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:23 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain


No stroke to blame it on but I was just reminded by someone on the list,
Jill's response wasn't, "Neat!" but "This is so Cool!" I don't think I'd
have faired any better with more words though. ;) Tim

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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Albertson College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
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teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history
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