Oftentimes, damage to the temporal lobe results in seizures and those seizures have a tendency to start in the hands.
So it's possible the movement of her finger up and down was involuntary. You think I made a mistake showing her the photograph?
Well, like you said, she was responsive and obeying commands. I hate to play devil's advocate here, Mac, but a defense attorney would have a field day with that ID. Bottom line, we don't have a picture of what happened in her brain when she moved her finger. So there's just no way to know if her ID is reliable.
And now she's defending her son.
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