If the correlation coefficient has a positive value (above 0) it indicates a positive relationship between the variables meaning that both variables move in tandem, i.e. as one variable decreases the other also decreases, or when one variable increases the other also increases.
What Causes Alien Hand Syndrome? Despite the movements involved with alien hand syndrome, it isnât technically a movement disorder. Instead, it appears to occur as the result of some type of neurological damage. Common causes include: Stroke. Tumors. Various neurodegenerative diseases.
Posterior alien hand syndrome is a new addition to a poorly understood group of movement disorders. Historically, anatomical lesions causing uncontrolled limb movement and a feeling of foreignness were found to be located in the corpus callosum or frontal lobe.