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 Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. - "The Brain - 101"
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a trained and published neuroanatomist. She specializes in the postmortem investigation of the human brain. Because she has a brother who has been diagnosed with the brain disorder schizophrenia, Dr. Taylor served for 3 years on the board of directors of the national NAMI organization (National Alliance for Mentally Ill) between 1994-1997.
Dr. Taylor taught two courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology during the Spring Quarter of 1999, in the Applied Biology and BioMedical Engineering Department: Anatomy/Physiology and Neuroscience. Her educational credentials consist of a 1991 Ph.D. from Indiana State University (I.S.U.), Terre Haute, IN (Life Sciences, Neuroanatomy) (Dr. William J. Anderson)and a 1982 B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (double major: Human Biology, Physiological Psychology). She also has extensive research and teaching experience.
Dr. Taylor teaches people about the brain, how it organizes information, how scientists talk about it and study it, how it grows and when there is a problem what is going on inside. She shares that while it is true we all need coping skills, the first stage to coping is compassion. When people are enlightened and understand what is actually going on in the brain, we are more open minded and compassionate to understanding strange or "different" behavior. Coping skills make us more tolerant and education makes us more compassionate. She also provides in-services for teachers who are teaching brain-based learning through the CLASS program where she teaches kids about their brains and how to learn.
Plan on hearing a presentation by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, "The Singin' Scientist," as she shares information about the functions and malfunctions of the brain by utilizing "beautiful pictures" of the brain as well as accompanying herself on the guitar as she sings her message into our memory! She helps us understand the underlying biological basis of "normal" behavior so we can understand and discuss neurological, psychiatric, and developmental brain disorders, which can affect the personality and cause "abnormal" behavior.
For more information on Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: www.bluemarble.net/~jbtbrain
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