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Title: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: John Raabe on March 31, 2008, 03:51:13 PM

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

The above is a link to a very interesting video that is the personal story of a brain researcher who went through a major stroke. In the process she watched the two sides of her brain sort things out at a time when they couldn't work together and communicate in the normal way.

Thought provoking! :D

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: MountainDon on March 31, 2008, 05:09:09 PM

It's something I don't want to experience.

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: peternap on March 31, 2008, 07:04:38 PM

Quote from: MountainDon on March 31, 2008, 05:09:09 PM
It's something I don't want to experience.

Me either. I think I'll take an extra fish oil capsule now! d*

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: MountainDon on March 31, 2008, 07:47:34 PM

... and be sure the BP remains favorable. :)

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: sparks on March 31, 2008, 10:16:55 PM

Wow!! Nice find John. Do you believe it's possible that her occupation saved her life; that she realized what was happening and had a slight edge on what to do? ???

The last time I felt that kind of nirvana was the courtesy of the work of a chemist at Sandoz Labs :o :)

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: Redoverfarm on March 31, 2008, 10:23:03 PM

The last time I felt that way was years ago and I think it was Smirnoff that contributed.

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: sparks on March 31, 2008, 10:31:35 PM

I could never afford Smirnoff. Good stuff,eh?

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: John Raabe on April 01, 2008, 01:59:57 PM

Makes you wonder if all the enlightenment and religious experience stuff isn't just the miracle of brain chemistry. ???

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: glenn kangiser on April 02, 2008, 01:56:22 AM

Anybody know where I could get some of that? hmm

She seemed a bit new agey to me too -- I wasn't sure where the stroke left off and the karma started.

Title: Re: How the brain works - experience of a stroke
Post by: tanya on April 02, 2008, 09:25:20 AM

Make no mistake it's ALL karma

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