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brotherS:
When a Brain Scientist Suffers a Stroke

As a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor has always known more about brains than most people. But when a brain hemorrhage triggered her own stroke, she suddenly had a front-row seat on the deterioration of the brain.

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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/when-a-brain-scientist-suffers-a-stroke/

tomos:
hi brotherS
very interesting listen allright

I'm not that clear at the end is she demonising the left brain or just suggesting to move away from the focus on it that we seem to have these days.
Presumably there's a balance in there somewhere...

I wonder do animals have the same brain structure left/right - they seem to be more in the moment anyways = right brain

nosh:
My dog's a southpaw :-*, so right brain makes sense.  I think he's gay too* but that's besides the point.  ;D

Clarification: *too = in addition to being a southpaw. :)

Armando:
Very interesting... Any neuro scientists or cognitive scientists around to shed some more light on this talk? URLwolf? nontroppo?
Like tomos, to me (obviously left hemisphered  ;)) it seems a bit... "unnuanced"? But touching nevertheless.  :-*

Armando:
Take a look at her website, and her book :
http://drjilltaylor.com/book.html

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My dog's a southpaw :-*, so right brain makes sense.
-nosh (March 24, 2008, 12:37 PM)
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Your dog (on your avatar?) looks really cute.  :)[/off-topic]

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