A 77-year-old woman experienced Alien Hand Syndrome when her left hand began moving independently after suffering strokes in both parietal lobes. The rare neurological condition, which can be ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Brain and nerve damage is most often ...

You know that saying "the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing"? For people with a strange disorder called alien hand syndrome, that's literally true -- the neuropsychiatric condition makes ...

AHS is often caused by brain injury or neurodegenerative illnesses, but there is not enough research to determine any consistent cause or why it occurs. “Alien hand is little investigated because it ...