While starting an intravenous line on the right hand of an unconscious patient, the patient reaches over with his left hand and tries to remove the noxious stimuli.This response is called
A) decorticate posturing.
B) decerebrate posturing.
C) withdrawal.
D) localization.

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Localization occurs when the extremity opposite to the extremity receiving pain crosses the midline of the body in an attempt to remove the noxious stimulus from the affected limb.

While Starting an Intravenous Line on the Right Hand of an Unconscious