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mk  ·  4492 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Locked-in syndrome: rare survivor Richard Marsh recounts his ordeal

I honestly don't think that's possible.





b_b  ·  4492 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No? People often regain use of limbs days or weeks after a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Eyelids? Why not?

mk  ·  4492 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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  ·  4480 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?