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Title: How it feels to have a stroke
Added: Mar 13, 2008
Author: TEDtalksDirector
Duration: 20:12
Description:
http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist 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.
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Tags: jill bolte taylor ted tedtalks science global issues biology brain consciousness illness
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Youtube Comments: 4030
bloodlustonly Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - this was terrible, c'mon guys
i1killed2god3 Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - @IvoryGuru One is a mistake, the other is blatant ignorance.
mikesomething Says:
Jan 31, 2012 - interesting story, but hmm, energy beings, and planes of reality, and transitions ..... sounds like religious shite to mespirit soared free ...... ok luv whatever u sayyyy
deajavran Says:
Feb 2, 2012 - its true what she is saying about us being ligt beings eople have OBEs (outofbodyexpirences) have alought to do with this our souls are released from this expirence and we cn do and no enything
deajavran Says:
Feb 2, 2012 - i belive it as a christian would belive in god
shroder1 Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - i've taken acid too.
dgscol Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - What is difficult to comprehend, is what sort of cognition was taking place, while her brain was malfunctioning - it is as though a sober minded person was observing, that there existed a stream of consciousness recorded in meticulous detail that is independent but ... that would be impossible. It is believable - the speech and auditory center effects - but the hemispherics are hard to believe.
alelp Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - @super6plx If you have had a spiritual journey, you would have recognized all she said as a really accurate description of one: expansion or loose of the boundaries of the self, euphoria, loving everything as it is, realizing that you are one with the universe, etc.A spiritual journey is just another state of consciousness, as any neuropsychologist would tell you. Also, alcohol kills more neurons than most hallucinogenics, why, then, is not illegal?
alelp Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - @dgscol Well, you can loose all notion of who you are and remember it perfectly later, thats what happens when you take some psychedelics. Also, maybe her brain was malfunctioning, but you cant say that her mind, as an emergent phenomena of the brain, wasn't malfunctioning, it was just functioning differently. Its impossible to call the functioning of the mind as good or bad, since there are no standards for it.
alelp Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - @dgscol sorry, i meant "you cant say that her mind, as an emergent phenomena of the brain, WAS malfunctioning"Sorry for that mistake.
libaan91 Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - feeeeeeeeeel it
libaan91 Says:
Feb 4, 2012 - certain words make me phisically tear up. amazing :D
HurtmeDontPlease Says:
Feb 5, 2012 - I had an argument with a stroke victim, it was pretty one sided.
awhitesoul2012 Says:
Feb 5, 2012 - Some people want young white females to mix with non-white males. I made a one-minute video highlighting a very small sample of race-mixing advertisements.I love white people, and I am opposed to race-mixing. But I do not hate non-whites.If you click on my name "awhitesoul2012" highlighted in blue below this comment, you can watch my video.(I'm not a fan of Hitler or KKK.)
Tylerdwds22 Says:
Feb 6, 2012 - I want to turn this into a monologue, or even a one person show. this is SO beautiful and inspiring!
accesscrimea Says:
Feb 7, 2012 - @mikesomething She experienced it not you. Who are you to judge? What she said had NOTHING to do with religion.
lyndellbarnes Says:
Feb 9, 2012 - amazing but i want to know does it hurt
TheSk8terhs Says:
Feb 9, 2012 - 911 is the only number you need.
DannyPhantomBeast Says:
Feb 9, 2012 - 4:07Symphony of Science FTW.Ode to the Brain!
awemedinade Says:
Feb 10, 2012 - The speech is pretty interesting, but I keep getting distracted by how annoying her way voice and the way of utilizing it is.
GregorioXII Says:
Feb 11, 2012 - @IvoryGuru I'm sorry, but how are those even slightly similar? You fucking choose to eat mushrooms, you do not choose to have a stroke.
ism3c Says:
Feb 11, 2012 - @TheSk8terhs 911 is in the left hemisphere along with all of our memories.
TheSk8terhs Says:
Feb 11, 2012 - @ism3c she managed to call her work. she should have called 911












super6plx Says:
Jan 27, 2012 - @super6plx sorry having a stroke IS compulsary.. not your decision, out of your control, is what I meant to say