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mk  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Locked-in syndrome: rare survivor Richard Marsh recounts his ordeal

In those cases their limbs are paralyzed and they don't move. This guy was blinking. I suppose eyelids could be paralyzed, but I would assume they wouldn't move then.





blimpy  ·  4257 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is it possible that blinking is an automatic response but that controlling your blinking for the sake of communication exists on some other level? breathing and speaking are similar functions but are controlled differently, right?