FROM The HEART OF KULANGA

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for:

I had a similar experience when I was six years old, though not as severe. I had no paralysis. The experience left me with the ability to slip from left brain to right on command, in moments of great stress. This manifest itself in fainting spells during which time I remained conscious, as if in a trance.