Alien Hand Syndrome

What is AHS?

• Psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty

• Rare neurological condition that causes one hand to act on its own free will.

• Rare neurological disorder characterized by distortions of visual perception, the body image, and the experience of time.

• Psychological disorder that can cause someone to believe that someone they love, a person close to them, has been replaced by an imposter, a duplicate.

What is a symptom of the alien hand syndrome?

• Nausea

• Sensory loss

• Vomiting

• Euphoria

What is a cause of the alien hand syndrome?

• Stroke

• Dehydration

• Infection

• Overeating

When was AHS first recorded?

• 1909

• 1964

• 1908

• 1963

The prevalence of Alien Hand Syndrome is typically found in

• Children

• Adolescent

• Adult

• Old people

Alien Hand Syndrome is also referred as

In the case of alien hand syndrome,

• the patient was able to follow the doctor's verbal instruction to raise her left hand because her left brain can send a message to her right brain to mover her left hand

• that middle-aged woman kept hitting her own face with her left hand was because her left brain hemisphere had been removed

• she kept hitting herself with left hand was because her right brain hemisphere had been removed

• she kept hurting herself with her left hand was because her corpus callosum had been cut off

Which statement the following is true about AHS?

• There is no cure for alien hand syndrome.

• Therapies and pharmacologic options for alien hand syndrome lack development, but scientists are working on treatments to reduce symptoms.

• People who have AHS after brain illness or a stroke may recover after some time.

• Recovery is less successful for people with neurodegenerative diseases.

Which one of the following is NOT the major form of AHS based on the location of the underlying causative lesion?

• Callosal

• Frontal or anterior

• Posterior

• Olney

Neuroscientist who first studied split-brain patients, including alien hand syndrome was