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Time 100 Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

7/8/2015

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PictureThis photo is from the Wordpress of Dr. Taylor. It is a beautiful representation of the Left and Right Brain

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor has one of the most famous ted talks:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight?language=en

Found on:
www.ted.com

She is a researcher of the Brain at Harvard University who shares her personal story and education with the brain.  When you watch her video, your mind is transported to thinking about your brain and how it functions. Even if you don't have interest in the learning all the details about the brain, she makes you interested for twenty minutes to an hour.   
Dr. Jill had been studying the brain as a passion and career.  She especially was interested in studying Schizophrenia as her brother is diagnosed. It was her own stroke that changed her life at age 37  that resulted in having to relearn everything she knew i.e. how to write, read, speak, eat, talk, and walk.  She called herself "an infant in a woman's body." It took her approximately 7 YEARS for her brain to recover back to it's normal state.
When you can study the brain and then sit and analyze, experience, observe your brain fall apart-it turns out to be a fascinating experience of learning and as Jill titled her book "A Stroke of Insight."

At NAMI, Jill briefly shared her incident and passionately moved onto the brain. The Amygdala vs. the Hippocampus, Right Brain vs. Left Brain, Addiction, Neurocircuitry, and various feeling states/messages sent to the brain.

An important overview of the brain from Dr. Jill:
Left Brain                                                         Right Brain
Serial Processor                                              Parallel Processor
Black Vs. White                                                Nonverbal
Thinks in Language/Details                            Thinks in Pictures
Competetive                                                     Present Moment
Confrontational                                                Hollistic thinking
Sense of Urgency                                            Compassionate
Critical analysis                                               Non-confrontational
Right vs. Wrong                                                Contentment/Energy in Flow

Do you feel more connected to one side over another? Or Both?
Dr. Jill says, "The left brain is dominating society. We need more right brain!"
Teenage behavior expected: No Frontal Lobe-Can't plan ahead-High Impulse Control, and Do not Understand Consequences. Brain Not Fully Developed until Age 25


Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a true inspiration with an uplifting spirit and charisma towards starting life over and being insightful into the human mind and behavior. She lost it all, but it came back to her ten fold and she is using this experience to make a difference. 
She is on my Top 100 and the deserves a spot on the Most Influential of Time Magazine.

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