Alien hand syndrome video


Here's a video of a woman with alien hand syndrome from 2006.

From Mind Hacks:

As it turns out, the patient says she generally knows it is hers, but when it is draped across her body in a certain position and making involuntary movements she can think it is someone else's limb. In other words, she seems to have fleeting somatoparaphrenia.

The video then shows the hand moving of its own accord and the patient having to use the other hand to keep it out of trouble.

Despite looking like she's in pretty bad shape, frankenerin later posted a wonderful follow-up video where she is back on her feet and feeling fine, although discusses how she's had to adjust her career aspirations owing to the longer-term effects of the brain injury.

Alien hand syndrome video