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Jill Bolte Taylor
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Jill Bolte Taylor’s New Book Explores Brain’s ‘Characters’
Bloomington’s Jill Bolte Taylor is a veritable brain whisperer.
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Celebrating the People of Bloomington: Part 4
Former county commissioner and activist Charlotte Zietlow, lawyer and haberdasher Andy Mallor, and piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler are among these Bloomingtonians worth knowing.
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At Carnegie Hall: Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED Talk Plays as a Choral Composition
In July 2018, neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor received an unexpected email from Brad and Doug Balliett, the renowned twin orchestral composers. They proposed making…
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100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…
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Jill Bolte Taylor Bids Farewell to Her Beloved Mother, G.G.
In 1996, at the age of 37, Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist, experienced a massive stroke. She documented her eight-year recovery in My…
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‘Transformative Stories’: An Unusual Show of Songs and Science
BY JEREMY SHERE On March 19, world-renowned neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor and acclaimed singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer will perform Transformative Stories at the Brown County…
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Bloomington’s Jill Bolte Taylor Honored at Big Apple Gala
BY MIKE LEONARD It was an evening that promised great things and delivered more. “All I can say is, that morning all the stars…
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Bloomington Brain Scientist to Be Honored in New York City
BY MIKE LEONARD Jill Bolte Taylor is not unfamiliar with glamour and glitz. When named by Time as one of the world’s 100 Most…
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Teen Brain Advice to Parents: ‘Keep ’Em Alive to 25!’
BY JANET MANDELSTAM There’s a biological reason that explains why parents are so puzzled by their teenage children, why they say, “I don’t recognize…