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Dr Strangelove syndrome

By Gardy Chacha
Can you imagine your hand slapping you without your brain prompting it to? It sounds like fiction but there is indeed some truth in it.

This real and distressing problem was likened to the Jekyll and Hyde story when first noticed in 1909. It has been given several names like Dr Strangelove syndrome, anarchic hand, and Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS). 

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