Analysis of “My Stroke of Insight”
The Ted talk “My Stroke of Insight” given by a Neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor, is about how humans have a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere and how humans have different perceptions of themselves because of it. In the right hemisphere people tend to think that they are “energy-beings connected to one another through the consciousness of our right hemispheres as one human family.” People who tend to think with their left hemisphere are responsible for thinking of themselves as single individuals. In this talk she asks us an important question, “which side do you choose and when?” Throughout the talk, Taylor emotionally connects to her audience by telling jokes, shows her credibility by explaining her background in studying the brain, and shows that the information she is providing is backed up by facts by teaching us about the brain and its functions.
One example of how Taylor uses the pathos appeal, is when she talks about her stroke. She goes into detail and explains that having a stroke was like becoming ” an infant in a woman’s body” and when she felt that her reality had shifted to …show more content…
One example is when she was describing how she finally realized she was having a stroke and her left brain said to her “’Hey we got a problem! We’ve got to get some help.’ And I’m going, ‘Ahh! I’ve got a problem!’” Then Taylor says on the right side of her brain she is experiencing a sense of peacefulness and she tells the audience “And imagine what it feels like to lose 37 years of emotional baggage!” Another joke she tells the audience is when she realizes that she is having a stroke and how exciting it is that she can study her own brain ”This is so cool! How many scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?” She shares these jokes in order to lighten up the mood and to get the audience to pay attention to her
The Ted talk “My Stroke of Insight” given by a Neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor, is about how humans have a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere and how humans have different perceptions of themselves because of it. In the right hemisphere people tend to think that they are “energy-beings connected to one another through the consciousness of our right hemispheres as one human family.” People who tend to think with their left hemisphere are responsible for thinking of themselves as single individuals. In this talk she asks us an important question, “which side do you choose and when?” Throughout the talk, Taylor emotionally connects to her audience by telling jokes, shows her credibility by explaining her background in studying the brain, and shows that the information she is providing is backed up by facts by teaching us about the brain and its functions.
One example of how Taylor uses the pathos appeal, is when she talks about her stroke. She goes into detail and explains that having a stroke was like becoming ” an infant in a woman’s body” and when she felt that her reality had shifted to …show more content…
One example is when she was describing how she finally realized she was having a stroke and her left brain said to her “’Hey we got a problem! We’ve got to get some help.’ And I’m going, ‘Ahh! I’ve got a problem!’” Then Taylor says on the right side of her brain she is experiencing a sense of peacefulness and she tells the audience “And imagine what it feels like to lose 37 years of emotional baggage!” Another joke she tells the audience is when she realizes that she is having a stroke and how exciting it is that she can study her own brain ”This is so cool! How many scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?” She shares these jokes in order to lighten up the mood and to get the audience to pay attention to her