A case of Capgras syndrome with one's own reflected image in a mirror. Issue 2 (3rd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Diard-Detoeuf, Capucine; Desmidt, Thomas; Mondon, Karl; Graux, Jérôme
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 22:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 169
• Publication Date: 2016-03-03
• Subjects: Syndrome -- Capgras -- behavior disorders -- prosopagnosia -- mirrored self-misidentification -- dementia; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2015.1080847
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

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.