I actually like to visit my dentist, which if you knew how terrified I was of all things related to dentistry as a child, is a statement that may well leave you picking your jaw up off the floor.
One of the reasons I like my dentist is that she treats her patients as people & not file numbers. She takes great pleasure in helping people, and she always seems to make a special connection of some sort every time I visit her. The last time I was there she shared with me that she had been reading about the experience of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist who had a very special experience that gave her special insight into the brain: she had a stroke.
The video below is a presentation given by Dr. Taylor, in which she discusses the left brain and right brain. The talk is very animated, and switches back and forth between the modes of the two hemispheres. For those who have a family member with special needs, this may help to really bring home the unique ways in which that person relates to the world. For all of us, there is a fascinating look at the two hemispheres from the inside out – and a beautiful message of peace.
Dr. Taylor wrote a book about her experience, called My Stroke of Insight (available in French as Voyage au-delà de mon cerveau.) It is available through most book sellers (Canadian, US, UK) and copies are available through several Montreal area libraries.
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