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14 May 2008, 12:38 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

This has been out for awhile now. Definitely interesting.


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14 May 2008, 6:17 am

this is a remarkable speech she gives. As are most of the speeches on Ted.com


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15 May 2008, 5:42 pm

I noted that the stroke seemed to make her experience something like autism, did anyone else notice that?

She felt disconnected from people, the social world and her obligations ... and she felt more attuned to the environment ... which she felt like she was merging with. She then could not really tell where her body was, she felt at first clumsy and then lost use of her right arm. When she awoke she experienced sensory sensitives to sound and light.

Very interesting - she experienced the two hemispheres of her brain separately.