Facts about Capgras Syndrome

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   The impostor in Capgras syndrome is not always a person; patients sometimes believe objects or pets have been replaced by identical duplicates.

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   Capgras syndrome can occur following traumatic brain injury, stroke, or in association with conditions such as schizophrenia and dementia.

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   A neurological account of Capgras syndrome links it to damage or dysfunction in the connection between the fusiform face area and the amygdala.

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   People with Capgras syndrome often retain emotional recognition of familiar faces while losing the automatic sense of familiarity, pointing to a disconnect between brain recognition pathways.

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   French psychiatrist Joseph Capgras first described the syndrome in 1923, naming it after himself following a case study of a woman who believed her husband had been replaced.

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   Capgras syndrome is a delusional disorder in which a person believes that someone close to them has been replaced by an identical impostor.

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