PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Capgras Delusion, Amygdala, Hemispatial Neglect
17 Apr 2014
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The man who mistook his wife for a hat. The case of the imposter syndrome: david had an accident and was in a coma for 5 years. There is definitely an emotional component because he doesn"t feel the same emotional attachment that he used to. Could be the fact that he saw the parents first before hearing them. The common explanation for this was freudian: david had an unconscious attraction to his mother and now he damaged his head and the feelings he used to have make him confused as to how to react. Neurons in the ffg (fusion-formed ) respond to faces. The amygdala assesses the emotional significance of a stimulus: when you see a person that you care about, you have a rush of good feelings. People with capgras delusion have: recognition without emotion, delusion does not occur with auditory stimuli, brain creates a running narrative to explain stimuli and events.
