Patients with Capgras syndrome regard people whom they know well such as their parents
or siblings as imposters. Here we describe a case (DS) of this syndrome who presents …

Introduction. Capgras syndrome is characterised by the belief that a significant other has
been replaced by an identical-looking impostor. These patients have no difficulties with …

People experiencing the Capgras delusion claim that others, usually those quite close
emotionally, have been replaced by near–identical impostors. Ellis and Young suggested in …

Investigations of two cases of the Capgras delusion found that both patients showed face-
processing impairments encompassing identification of familiar faces, recognition of …

Capgras delusion is the belief that significant others have been replaced by impostors,
robots or aliens. Although it usually occurs within a psychiatric illness, it can also be the …

Objective: Acts of violence have been frequently reported in cases of Capgras syndrome
(CS), a misidentification syndrome characterized by the delusional belief that imposters …

In this article the epidemiology, aetiology, neuroanatomy and neuropsychology of the
Capgras syndrome (CS) are reviewed in detail. CS is characterized by the delusional belief …

Capgras' Syndrome, the delusion of doubles, is a rare delusional phenomenon in which a
person believes that identical doubles have replaced significant people in his life and/or that …

In this viewpoint, we discuss the new evidence on covert face recognition in prosopagnosia
presented by Bobes et al.(2003, this issue) and by Sperber and Spinnler (2003, this issue) …

Background Capgras syndrome is characterized by a delusional belief that a person has
been replaced by an imposter. It has been described in psychiatric and neurological …