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Foot reaction -- brain activity


It has literally been since the theater that i saw this movie so my memory is a little hazy, but what was the deal with the doctor judging her brain activity by which direction her foot goes when it is stimulated?

thanks all you fracturaholics!

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the doctor said that if you rub the bottom of the foot and toes go up (towards your head) that it was because you were in coma. That normal would be to curl down.

As a test, my wife did it to me and my toes curled up towards my head.

This was all I needed to prove what I've always believed - that I'm actually in a coma and the entire IMDB database (entire Internet!) is simply my subconscious playground.

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^ it is known.

It is fun and games until someone gets caught. Then it's rape.

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Hey, been looking all over for what this test is called, I'd forgotten the name but finally found it. It's called the Babinski (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Babinski+reflex) Extension of the foot with toes pointing upwards indicated damage to the central nervous system

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