Disconnection of hand and language dominance explains alien-hand syndrome after corpus callosotomy

Many clinical neuroscientists are familiar with the character of Dr. Strangelove in the iconic Stanley Kubrick movie of 1964. During his audition in the war room of the US government Strangelove ’s right arm jumps up repeatedly for the “Hitlergruss”, while his left hand can hardly cope to prevent these seemingly purposeful but involuntary movements. Later, this was coined to signify the presence of an alien hand syndrome (AHS) in Dr. Strangelove by the referring literature [1].

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - February 16, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Christoph Helmstaedter, L ázló Solymosi, Martin Kurthen, Shahan Momjian, Karl Schaller Source Type: research