Capgras syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds the delusional belief that an identical-looking imposter has replaced someone significant in their life. They believe the doppelganger looks ...

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On a beautiful autumn afternoon in New York's Central Park, Carol Berman had the horrifying realization that her husband of 40 years no longer recognized her as his wife. In his eyes, she wasn't the ...

"Capgras is a misidentification syndrome characterized by the transient, recurrent or permanent belief that someone known to a patient has been replaced by an impostor with a strong physical ...

For most people, the midcentury B-movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers is exactly that: a movie. For people with Capgras syndrome, however, the classic tale of a California town whose residents are ...

Capgras syndrome, named after the French psychiatrist who described "the illusion of doubles," is a delusion of misidentification. It is characterized by a person's delusional belief that someone whom ...

In the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers aliens invade earth by replicating individuals. While the idea that we could be duped by shape-shifting aliens is a great idea for a film, the story echoes a ...

A man who thought he saw a "stranger" in the bathroom mirror, when he was actually looking at his own reflection, turned out to have a rare neurological condition, a new case report finds. The 78-year ...

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