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“Thanks to their neural plasticity, their ability to shift and change their connections with other cells, you and I walk the earth with the ability to be flexible in our thinking, adaptable to our environment, and capable of choosing who and how we want to be in the world. Fortunately, how we choose to be today is not predetermined by how we were yesterday.”

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor

December 11, 2021 by cheerbrarian 7 Comments

Y’ALL. I DID IT. MY 52ND BOOK! MY CANNONBALL IS COMPLEEEEEEEETE. Hip hooray! Fist bumps! High fiving angels!! Last year I didn’t quite make it, and the year before I think I squeaked across the finish line or just missed the CBR deadline but this year I’m in with weeks to spare. WOOOOOOOOOO! (Soft violins begin) Wait! Before I get off the stage, I would like to give some thank yous. Big hugs to everyone participating in CBR for serving as an inspiration to read […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: also a Ted Talk, Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight, science

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: also a Ted Talk, Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight, science ·
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