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A case of Capgras syndrome with one's own reflected image in a mirror.

Authors :
Diard-Detoeuf C
Desmidt T
Mondon K
Graux J
Source :
Neurocase [Neurocase] 2016; Vol. 22 (2), pp. 168-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 25.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We report the case of a 78-year-old patient admitted to the hospital for behavioral and psychological disorders consisting in impressions of presence of a stranger located behind the bathroom mirror, who strikingly shared the patient's appearance but was considered a different person, yet. We discuss how this case can be interpreted as an atypical Capgras syndrome for his mirror image and how it suggests an adjustment of the classical dual-route model that sustains face recognition between covert (or affective) and overt neural pathways.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1465-3656
Volume :
22
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Neurocase
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26304673
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2015.1080847