Neuroanatomists Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

 

 

This is AMAZING and worth the watch as she describes her experience and insight into Mental Illness, CVA's, life, death, connections, and how she experienced her own brain fuction during her stroke.

Heather