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A Person Is Lying In Hospital Unresponsive But Her Right Foot Is Bending And Stretching Out By Her Own

Maybe you can answer my question for this: If a person laying in the hospital bed unresponsively, but her right foot is bending and stretching out by her own as same way as the physical therapist has been moving her. Does it that mean her brain knows what is she doing?What does the left brain control of?
Tue, 31 Dec 2013
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Hi. This is possible and is called involuntary movement , the patient does not know of it as she is in come. This happens due to automatic focal stimulation at the brain or anywhere along the neural pathway. The brain does not know what she is doing. The left brain controls the right side of the body.
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A Person Is Lying In Hospital Unresponsive But Her Right Foot Is Bending And Stretching Out By Her Own

Hi. This is possible and is called involuntary movement , the patient does not know of it as she is in come. This happens due to automatic focal stimulation at the brain or anywhere along the neural pathway. The brain does not know what she is doing. The left brain controls the right side of the body.