Frank (host)
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first heard May 2026
last heard 24 Aug
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While these procedures often stopped debilitating seizures, doctors noticed that in rare cases one hand would begin acting independently of the patient's intentions.
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Researchers now believe the disorder occurs when the brain regions responsible for planning movement become disconnected from the regions that create our sense of voluntary control.
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In other words, the hand still moves, but the feeling that I chose to do that is missing.
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The result is a deeply unsettling experience where the limb seems to have its own agenda.
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One well documented patient found that her left hand constantly interfered with her right.
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If she folded a towel, the other hand would immediately unfold it.
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If she reached for an object, the opposite hand would move it away.
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God, that'd be so fucking annoying.
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Oh my god.
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You'd be you'd end up slapping yourself as
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another patient woke in the middle of the night to find his own hand wrapped around his throat.
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Although it wasn't squeezing hard enough to seriously harm him, the experience was terrifying because he wasn't consciously making it happen.
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His instinct was to use his other hand to physically pull it away, as though he were s restraining someone else.
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Many people have unknowingly seen a fictional version of this disorder.
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In Stanley Kubrick's Doctor Strange Love, the title character repeated repeatedly struggles to control an arm that performs involuntary Nazi salutes and even attempts to strangle him.
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While exaggerated for dramatic effect, the portrayal was inspired by a real neurological phenomenon.
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Alien hand syndrome reminds us that our sense of free will is far more fragile than we realize.
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Every movement we make depends on countless areas of the brain working together seamlessly.
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When that communication breaks down, the body can continue to act, even when the conscious mind insists it never gave the command.
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