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Optional Assignment Capgras Delusion In the assignment, we were asked to watch the TED Talk by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, a renowned neurologist,

and psychoanalyst about a rare condition called Capgras Delusion, and analyse the observations,and the

observational generalisatons, and build a few counter arguments based on them. We were also to draw a

flowchart of the neural pathways as theorized by Ramachandran.

Experimental methods used:

Observations by Ramachandran:

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Observational Generalisations:

Counterpoints:

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For normal humans the process of facial

recognition happens according to this

flowchart.

EYES

AUTONOMIC

NERVOUS SYSTEM

FUSIFORM

GYRUS

Cortex of

occipital lobes

AMYGDALA

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For patients of Capgras Delusion; the process of

facial recognition works this way (Acc. To

Ramachandran):

EYES

AUTONOMIC

NERVOUS SYSTEM

FUSIFORM

GYRUS

Cortex of

occipital lobes

AMYGDALA

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Ramachandran VS. Phantoms in the Brain, Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind. Harper Collins; 1999.

http://phantomself.org/questioning-capgras-2/ :. Accessed November 22, 2014.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eye. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye. Accessed November 22,

2014].

Available at: http://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind. Accessed November 22,

2014.

* According to one of the cases stated by Ramachandran sometimes Capgras patients think

their dogs to be impostors as well.