Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Fascinating . . .

Capgras (Delusion) Syndrome:

"Capgras Syndrome, named for its discoverer, the French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph Capgras. The person's primary delusion is that a close relative or friend has been replaced by an impostor, an exact double, despite recognition of familiarity in appearance and behavior. The patient may also see himself as his own double. Also know as Delusional misidentification, illusion of doubles, illusion of negative doubles, misidentification syndrome, nonrecognition syndrome, phantom double syndrome, subjective doubles syndrome."

4 comments:

Gerald T said...

And what is the disorder called when someone’s relative has been replaced by an exact double and we go on pretending that it is the same person?

Fleeting-improvised-man

Mac said...

Very good question!

Mac said...

I'm mildly synesthetic: I can "see" colors.

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