Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor talks about her memoir, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST’S PERSONAL JOURNEY.

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In an article in The New Yorker, Jonah Lehrer reports that the seat of insight resides in the right brain. When brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that devastated her left brain, she was catapulted into a fully right brain experience: a boundless sense of peace, the dissolution of boundaries, and a clearer channel to insight. Dr. Bolte Taylor says her experience led her to bridge the gap between spirituality and science.

Watch Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED talk about her experience.

The audio of this podcast also mentions an interview with Les Fehmi about OPEN-FOCUS BRAIN. That audio can be found here.