When, using her mind, she asks the squirrel why, it bites her again, then dashes up a tree.
Yet she's a woman who uses her mind, if only, sometimes, to go in self-searching circles.
"Konca used her mind, her emotions and her conscience to interpret God's message," said Gonul Tufekci, a lawyer who is prominent in Islamic feminist circles here.
It was one of many times my mother escaped death during the four years of the Killing Fields, and one of many times she used her mind and wits to help her and her children survive.
She abandoned herself, not in the sense of someone who is offering her body out of love but as someone who uses her mind to escape a terrifying situation.
Many of the students volunteered to be in the demonstration - one student even tried on the mobile EEG headset and managed to move a box on a computer screen using her mind!
Some of the things she valued most were having financial security; being a good parent; having a pleasant home environment; using her mind, her skills, and her abilities; working internationally; and being respected.
In another video from Donoghue's study shown at the festival, a woman paralyzed by a stroke was able to manipulate music software, using her mind alone to "click" on a Joni Mitchell album and play and pause the music at will.
