Brain scans that were part of the state court record showed the part of her brain that controls thought and voluntary movement had atrophied and filled with spinal fluid after the heart attack deprived it of oxygen.Terri's brain cortex is gone or almost gone. Her brain stem remains.The brain stem, which controls involuntary movement such as breathing and blinking, remains.
Um...really? That would explain why she responds to her mother's voice and can laugh, wouldn't it?