PS260 Chapter 2: Chapter 2- The Nerual Basis for Cognition
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Someone with this condition can fully recognize the people in their world (husband, parents, friends) they just don"t think they are who they are. They think there is a slight diference in personality that makes them an imposter: leads to all diferent paranoia and suspicions. Neuroimaging techniques; allows researchers to take high- quality, 3-dimenssional pictures of living brain without in anyway disturbing the person. Neuroimaging reveals diminished activity in lobes whenever a person experiences hallucinations. Sight of damage for capgras syndrome: damage to temporal lobe (right side, this damage directly efect the amygdala; which serves as an emotional evaluator . To recognize stimuli, it involves two separate mechanisms: one that hinges from knowledge and one that more. Capgras syndrome suggest that the amygdala plays a crucial role in supporting the feeling of familiarity: also important for people to remember emotional events from their life.