PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Capgras Delusion, Frontal Lobe
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Fully able to recognize people in their world, but utterly convinced that these people are not who they appear to be. They believe that their real son or real husband has been kidnapped (or worse). This person often insists that there are slight differenes between the imposter & the person they have replaced changes in personality or appearance. In capgras syndrome the emotional processing is disrupted, leading to identification without the familiarity response. Neuroimaging techniques allow researchers to take high-quality, 3d pictures of living brains. They can tell us about the physical makeup/structure of the brain. In older studies pet scans were used for this reason, currently mri scans are often used. Also evidence that recognition of all stimuli involves 2 separate mechanisms one hinging on factual knowledge & one that is more emotional. Note that our understanding of capgras syndrome depends on a mix of cognitive psych. & cognitive neurosci, in which we test & confirm the hypothesis with.
