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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Contributor(s): Taylor, Jill Bolte (Author)

ISBN: 9780452295544

Publisher: Penguin Books

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Pub Date: May 1, 2009

Dewey: B

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 7.36" L x 6.05" W ( 0.41 lbs) 224 pages

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Description: A brain scientist whose own stroke led to personal enlightenment brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities. ("The New York Times"). b&w illustrations throughout.

Review Quotes: "Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."
--ABC News

"[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities."
--The New York Times

"Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human."
--Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services

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