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My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | TED

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Neuroscience & the brainConsciousness & cognition

What it is

Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor describes watching her own brain functions shut down during a massive stroke. She gives a first-person account of losing speech, motion and self-awareness.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a vivid first-person view of the right hemisphere in control, often linked to meditation and non-dual experience.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend this video if you want to hear about what life is when the right hemisphere is in control”

    Life with the right hemisphere in control, parallels non-dual practice

    dorfsmay, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Not everyone should meditate”

  2. “it's fascinating to hear this first-person account from a brain researcher”

    First-person account of a brain researcher experiencing her own stroke

    bradley, 2010-11 · Recommendation · in “Human brain has more switches than all computers on Earth”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jill bolte taylor, stroke, brain hemispheres, meditation, ted talk

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