WEBVTT - How Alien Hand Syndrome Works

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from House Stuff Works dot Com? Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast this creepy, creepy podcast. It's not even Halloween. Bill,

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<v Speaker 1>come in. I'm Josh. That's Chuck. This stuff you should know?

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<v Speaker 1>How you do it? I'm well, sir, good Chuck. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna sound like a bad editor to our producer

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry for that one, though. It is just weird, Chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I speak for everybody when I say I

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear about one of your favorite movies. One

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<v Speaker 1>called Doctor Strange Love subtitled or How I Learned to

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<v Speaker 1>Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb? Great great film. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you like this one as well? I've only seen parts

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<v Speaker 1>of it here, I've never seen the whole thing. You

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<v Speaker 1>continually disappoint me cinematic. I can't help it. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>I ever do, Chuck, Yeah, that was I think. In

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<v Speaker 1>nine four, Stanley Kubrick's awesome, awesome, awesome movie, I did

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<v Speaker 1>like Eyes Wide Shut. I made my entire family go

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<v Speaker 1>to the theater to see it for my birthday. You're kidding,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a row of uncomfortable people seated on either

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<v Speaker 1>side of me. Was hilarious. I like that movie too,

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<v Speaker 1>but I can't imagine taking my mother. Um. Anyway, getting

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<v Speaker 1>back to Kubrick. Uh. Yeah, Dr Strangelove um starred Peter

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<v Speaker 1>Sellers in three different roles, as a doctor Strangelove, as

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<v Speaker 1>an army officer in England, and as the President of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. That sounds familiar. Yeah, toward a force performance.

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<v Speaker 1>It was awesome. It was the parts he was born

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<v Speaker 1>to play. But I know I bring this up because

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Strangelove. The character of Doctor Strangelove was a Nazi.

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<v Speaker 1>Well you know, the US used to like to poach

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<v Speaker 1>Nazi uh scientists after the war, you know. Well, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what happened in the movie. And um, he

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<v Speaker 1>has a condition. Even though they don't speak of it

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<v Speaker 1>in the film, Um, it's pretty clear once you know

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<v Speaker 1>something about it. It's alien hand syndrome. What's going on there?

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<v Speaker 1>And he loses control of his arm and he does

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<v Speaker 1>the zeke kil and beats his arm into submission and

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<v Speaker 1>it's really really funny. He has some real trouble with it.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember he does. Yeah, So I think that's very

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<v Speaker 1>appropriate that we just talked about that movie, Chuck, because

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<v Speaker 1>this very podcast is about alien hands syndrome. How nuts

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<v Speaker 1>is that? I know? It's almost as if we planned it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah kind of so chuck. Um, this one's yours. I

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<v Speaker 1>would like everybody to go ahead and read this by

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<v Speaker 1>my Um, it's called how Alien hand Syndrome Works. It

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<v Speaker 1>was written by my colleague, uh and love of my life,

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<v Speaker 1>Charles W. Bryant go On, who I could never do

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<v Speaker 1>without go on, um and uh. Basically, alien hands syndrome

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<v Speaker 1>was first recognize the nineteen o nine I understand it

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<v Speaker 1>was first described by the Germans, right, and Um, it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't until nineteen seventy two that it really became part

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<v Speaker 1>of the medical lexicon or accepted by the medical establishment.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I correct? Yeah? Okay, So since nineteen o nine

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<v Speaker 1>when it was first noticed, Uh, um, there's been fifty

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<v Speaker 1>cases or less, yeah documented. I mean, that's the definition

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<v Speaker 1>of extremely rare. So what is it? I mean, are

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<v Speaker 1>these people just crazy? What's the deal? Well? I should

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<v Speaker 1>point out though, that there are possibly a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>other cases that have never been officially diagnosed. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>still really rare, is it? Because they were mistaken for crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I would say so, because what happens, um, when

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<v Speaker 1>you have alien hand syndrome is your hand, one of

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<v Speaker 1>your hands will involuntarily start doing something and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what's happening until you look down and see your hand.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're a sleep you might even know what's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh wait, waiting, wait, I'm sorry. I'm very sorry because

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't I wasn't aware of this. This can go

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<v Speaker 1>on while you're sleeping. I did not know that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can go on while you're sleep. Um. So what

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<v Speaker 1>happens is your hand just starts doing things and it's

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<v Speaker 1>all purpose oriented, which is one of the most fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>parts of it. Like your hand will grab the remote

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<v Speaker 1>control and change the channel, or tear at your shirt,

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<v Speaker 1>un button your shirt. And it seems like something out

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<v Speaker 1>of a movie. But it's real. It is real. It's crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's some science behind it, which I know you're into. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, of what I understand, there's four main

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<v Speaker 1>hallmarks to this. Uh this I guess disease or disorder. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>One is that the the U I guess offending limb

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<v Speaker 1>feels like it's foreign. Right. Another hallmark is that when

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<v Speaker 1>you're not looking at it. Yes, that's that's an even

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<v Speaker 1>better way to put it. Um, when you're not looking

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<v Speaker 1>at it, it it doesn't feel like it's a part of

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<v Speaker 1>your body or that it's attached. Maybe, um, and that

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<v Speaker 1>they're people who have suffered from alien hand syndrome have

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<v Speaker 1>trouble distinguishing between um, what's voluntary movement like oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to grab that cup of coffee, and what the

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<v Speaker 1>alien hand is doing. It doesn't seem to them that

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming from the same place, although it is, which

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<v Speaker 1>I know we'll get to in a second, right. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the fourth one is that, um, the limb

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<v Speaker 1>is often personified like it has its own um, its

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<v Speaker 1>own personality. Maybe you call it Roger. Well, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people do name the limb. Is Roger a popular name?

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<v Speaker 1>I bet it's number one? But Roger in the hand.

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<v Speaker 1>So those are the four hallmarks, Chuck, Yes, all right, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but what's what? Let's talk about the brain, the aspects

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<v Speaker 1>of the brain that are thought to be responsible for this. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we've learned a lot about the brain ourselves from doing

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast. It's pretty amazing. The number one thing I've

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<v Speaker 1>learned is that we know almost nothing about the brain.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. Yeah, we can put man on the moon,

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<v Speaker 1>which happened and supposedly supposedly, and we still don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know exactly what's going on with brain function. Uh. They

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<v Speaker 1>do know that there are you know, certain things like

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<v Speaker 1>two hemispheres for lobes. Literalization of brain function, which we've

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<v Speaker 1>talked about. Explain that real quick. Well, literal literalization of

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<v Speaker 1>brain function is uh say, the left side of the

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<v Speaker 1>brain being more detail oriented while the right side of

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<v Speaker 1>the brain evaluates the big picture. So the brain functions

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<v Speaker 1>are lateralized, one side responsible for one thing and the

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<v Speaker 1>others for the other. You did such a good job there,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna ask you to explain alien hand syndrome with

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<v Speaker 1>the brain, okay, And actually I have to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>I went behind your back and I did a little

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<v Speaker 1>additional research. I came up with a couple of other

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<v Speaker 1>things too, did Will you forgive me? I can take

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<v Speaker 1>it all right? So there there's one really clear away

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<v Speaker 1>that alien hands syndrome is is created and that is

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<v Speaker 1>a usually a lesion on the corpus colossum, which, as

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<v Speaker 1>you so actually put it in the article, is like

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<v Speaker 1>the brain's email server. It's a bundle of nerves that

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<v Speaker 1>are important in communication between the hemispheres and different regions

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<v Speaker 1>of the brain. Right you need the key to the

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<v Speaker 1>brain is to have the lobes and hemispheres all working together.

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<v Speaker 1>And that happens thanks to something, you know, the corpus closum. Right. So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>when when that doesn't happen and the brains aren't the

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<v Speaker 1>regions of the brain are communicating with each other, specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>say the frontal lobe, which is involved in planning and

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<v Speaker 1>organizing action, right Uh, when that happens, uh, say it's

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<v Speaker 1>it can't send a message to the motor strip, which

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<v Speaker 1>actually carries out those movements. Right Um. When that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>the motor strip isn't dead, It's still functioning. So it

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<v Speaker 1>may just be sending random messages to your arm to say,

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<v Speaker 1>grasp that, you know, grasp that shirt and pull at it. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's your shirt, but do it anyway, that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So that so whenever there's a there's a malfunction again

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<v Speaker 1>usually caused by a legion on the corpus colossal where

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<v Speaker 1>the the frontal lobe and the motor strip um are

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<v Speaker 1>engaged in telling each other what's going on. There is

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<v Speaker 1>this purposeless motion which is alien hand syndrome, and really

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<v Speaker 1>think about it. Purposeless motion is basically just um and

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<v Speaker 1>and motor activity out of context. There's no context to it.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean, like all of a sudden, your hands

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<v Speaker 1>grabbing a coffee mug. Right, Um, but it seems foreign

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<v Speaker 1>and weird because you don't understand why you didn't form

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<v Speaker 1>the thought that said I need that coffee cup, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which I guess makes the whole thing kind of chilling

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<v Speaker 1>in need and even worse, chuck. There's no there's no

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<v Speaker 1>curious there, no, there is no cure. Um. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>They've done some studies is is recently as two thousand seven.

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<v Speaker 1>But one of the reasons they haven't done that many

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<v Speaker 1>studies over the years is because it's so rare that

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<v Speaker 1>just just say that and it's not Um, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>you could say it's not dangerous. It's more of a

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<v Speaker 1>nuisance than anything. There have been really really rare cases

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<v Speaker 1>where someone's like choke themselves to death. No no, no no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not to death, but they found their hands like

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<v Speaker 1>creeping up around their throat, which is really creepy. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>since it's not that Since it's so rare and since

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't do any real damage to your body, they

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<v Speaker 1>haven't really been interested in studying it that much. But

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<v Speaker 1>they did in two thousand seven a bit and put

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<v Speaker 1>people in an fMRI machine and they found, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they basically said what you just said, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>motor strip has been singled out as a center of activity,

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<v Speaker 1>even though they don't know what triggers it. It's still

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<v Speaker 1>shooting messages, but it's not it's not taking orders any

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<v Speaker 1>longer for that one side of the of the body,

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<v Speaker 1>that one limb from the frontal lobe. Also, there's another thing. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of a variation on um alien hand syndrome,

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<v Speaker 1>which by the way, is also called antarchic hand um

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<v Speaker 1>and doctor strange life syndrome. Yeah, is that for real? Yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's probably like a more casual term that

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<v Speaker 1>doctors use, especially if they're kubric fans. Right. So, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a it's kind of a variation on it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>caused by damage to the parietal lobe UM and usually

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<v Speaker 1>what it results in is a basically a levitation of

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<v Speaker 1>the hand UM and it's I can't tell if it's

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<v Speaker 1>dominant the dominant hand like um with with with corpus

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<v Speaker 1>colossal damage corpus colossalm damage. Usually that is the non

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<v Speaker 1>dominant hand. So if you're right handed, your left hand

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be alien hand. If you have actual damage

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<v Speaker 1>to the frontal lobe, that usually results in the dominant hand.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're right handed, your right hand would have alien

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<v Speaker 1>hand syndrome. Damage to the prioral lobe doesn't go one

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<v Speaker 1>way or the other necessarily, But what happens is, especially

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<v Speaker 1>when you close your eyes, um, the hand will start

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<v Speaker 1>to levitate because they're no longer in sync um and

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<v Speaker 1>it makes you know, dressing kind of difficult, that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. Uh. So, pridal lobe damage, since the pridal

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<v Speaker 1>lobe is responsible for sensation and sensory um input, when

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<v Speaker 1>you close your your eyes, your hand just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>goes a little wacky because, like like you said in

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<v Speaker 1>the article, visual cues kind of are very important in

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<v Speaker 1>associating your hand with your body when when it's dissociated

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<v Speaker 1>like this right. Uh, And like you said, there's no cure, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you said that. I think you said it.

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<v Speaker 1>Either way you said it, Uh, there's no cure. A

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times there that seems humorous, but people will

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<v Speaker 1>do things like, um, wear an oven met or keep

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<v Speaker 1>their hand occupied by giving it something to hold onto.

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<v Speaker 1>And some cases is so severe that they've actually like

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<v Speaker 1>tie their hands behind their back. Wow. I know, wow, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but josh, we're not done yet. One of the things

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was interesting was all the different times the

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<v Speaker 1>alien and syndrome has been portrayed in somewhere another in

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<v Speaker 1>books and TV and movies. Yeah. I like this point

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<v Speaker 1>you made. Yeah, that that it's as many as there

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<v Speaker 1>have been real cases, or more there have been. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been depicted on the silver screen, in small screen.

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<v Speaker 1>And he goes back all the way to the film

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<v Speaker 1>Mad Love, followed an obsessed doctor who replaced the hands

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<v Speaker 1>of would be lover's husband with those of a knife

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<v Speaker 1>wielding murderer. Yeah. I looked this movie up because I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't heard of it before, and um, it's actually um

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<v Speaker 1>the mad doctors played by Peter Lorii. And he's totally

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<v Speaker 1>bald like Peter Laurie's not creepy looking enough. He has

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<v Speaker 1>his his head as ball as the baby's butt, and

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<v Speaker 1>he looks really creepy interesting like he I'm sure he

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<v Speaker 1>played the part very very well. The Adams Family. Josh.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually I've watched um those I think all well, two

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<v Speaker 1>of those movies recently. They're actually really good movies. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>my brother worked on the second one, good stuff. Young

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<v Speaker 1>La Ricci had a crush on him. Really, it is true,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was you know, do you think she remembers him? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I bet she does. She sent him Christmas kifts for

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of years. And Angelica Houston had the hot sporn. Dude,

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<v Speaker 1>what my brother is a handsome guy, I guess. So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>off track there, but interesting nonetheless, um, Adam's family had

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<v Speaker 1>the thing, which wasn't quite alien hand syndrome, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was like an exactly but doing its own things, purposeful things.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, it was also very helpful a lot too,

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<v Speaker 1>drove the Getaway Car professor. Yeah, so I chuck. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I find it interesting too that, um, that Hollywood has

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<v Speaker 1>this fascination with it and well all so creepy and

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<v Speaker 1>cool and unknown and it is. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently modern medicine doesn't have as much of an interest

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<v Speaker 1>as Hollywood does. Mr sad So get to it. Physicians

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<v Speaker 1>and uh medical researchers have also writes and While you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing that, we're going to do some listener mail. Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what we're doing, Hiku Theater. I'm ready for this, Chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been waiting for this kind is. I'm very psyched

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<v Speaker 1>about this. The hikus are rolling in at an unprecedented rate.

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<v Speaker 1>Veronica thirteen. It's hot in winter, all the people start

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<v Speaker 1>to melt. Welcome to Texas. So I'm guessing from Texas? Yeah? Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>This one is from Crystal Duqui. I found your podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I just could not get enough. Told Chuck, I love y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>He sent me a pick, which I added to my shrine.

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<v Speaker 1>Just kidding, not nuts, keep up the gray work. Can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait to hear the next one. Why Chuck love Hikus.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an excellent question. It is, uh, diego Garcia, Philadelphia,

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<v Speaker 1>consider the city of brotherly love. Glasses caked with philth Nanners, yogurt,

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<v Speaker 1>strawberry smoothie aftermath. Yes, so you must have made one

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<v Speaker 1>of my sumothies. Uh Andy sixteen from I of Ho

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<v Speaker 1>says I want to suggest a podcast about Greek myths

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<v Speaker 1>that would be so boss and I love the use

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<v Speaker 1>of the word boss there. And we have two more

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<v Speaker 1>Sandra Thompson of Irvine, California. I learned neat things when

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<v Speaker 1>listening on the train. Then the song I'm sad and

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<v Speaker 1>I guess the music that she's talking about is the

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<v Speaker 1>the altro music the end, I'm sure at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the podcast, little thanks for that. And then we

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<v Speaker 1>got one from Bob capital b O b exclamation point.

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<v Speaker 1>Bob is how he says his name, apparently, and he

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<v Speaker 1>wrote us a limerick, but explained that he would do

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<v Speaker 1>so in the form of a high coup. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure that's possible, he said. It ain't a high kup.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a limerick. You see. Hope you enjoy it. And

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<v Speaker 1>now the limerick, the edited version. It's Friday today, a

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<v Speaker 1>day for bad luck, so they say, so, I'll damn

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<v Speaker 1>Josh and Chuck because they have all the luck. Let's

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