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 ...

My friend and Huffington Post Blogger Dave Pruett is a mathematician turned philosopher who writes about the interface between science and what might be termed more mystical or parapsychological ...

Whether these particular images showing the syndrome are genuine. In April 2018, a set of images purportedly showing a hand with eight fingers and no thumbs started to go viral: Although these images ...

A new study identified the areas of the brain involved in both voluntary and involuntary movement and found that neural activity was restricted to the primary motor cortex during the unconscious motor ...

Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS) is a rare neurological disorder distinguished by involuntary, seemingly purposeful limb movements coupled with a sensation of estrangement from the affected limb. This ...

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 ...

A 55-year-old patient who was right-handed consulted a neurologist for episodes of inter-manual conflict due to uncontrolled movements of his left hand, marked by involuntary movements of his left ...