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| Title |
A Case of Right Alien Hand Syndrome Coexisting with Right-Sided Tactile Extinction
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00105 |
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| Authors |
Michael Schaefer, Claudia Denke, Ivayla Apostolova, Hans-Jochen Heinze, Imke Galazky |
| Abstract |
The alien hand syndrome (AHS) is a fascinating movement disorder. Patients with AHS experience one of their limbs as alien, which acts autonomously and performs meaningful movements without being guided by the intention of the patient. Here, we report a case of a 74-years old lady diagnosed with an atypical Parkinson syndrome by possible corticobasal degeneration. The patient stated that she could not control her right hand and that she felt like this hand had her own life. We tested the patient for ownership illusions of the hands and general tactile processing. Results revealed that when blindfolded, the patient recognized touch to her alien hand only if it was presented separated from touch to the other hand (bilateral asynchronous touch). Delivering touch synchronously to both the alien and the healthy hand resulted in failure of recognizing touch to the alien hand (bilateral synchronous touch). Thus, AHS here co-existed with right-sided tactile extinction and is one of only very few cases in which the alien hand was felt on the right side. We discuss the results in the light of recent research on AHS. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 16% |
| Professor | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 July 2023.
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