Wondrous strange: The neuropsychology of abnormal beliefs

Journal/Book: Mind Lang. 2000; 15: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford Ox4 1Jf, Oxon, England. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 47-73.

Abstract: Detailed studies of people who have experienced the Capgras delusion (the delusion that certain other people, usually close relatives, have been replaced by impostors) have led to advances in constructing an account which can deal with the basic symptomatology, testing alternative possibilities, generating and testing non-trivial predictions, and broadening the scope of the basic account to encompass other delusions. This paper outlines these developments. It uses them to explore implications for understanding the formation and maintenance of beliefs, and to discuss basic principles of what has come to be known as cognitive neuropsychiatry.

Note: Article Young AW, Univ York, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): COVERT FACE RECOGNITION; CAPGRAS-SYNDROME; MISIDENTIFICATION SYNDROMES; RIGHT-HEMISPHERE; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE; BRAIN INJURY; PATIENT; PROSOPAGNOSIA; COTARD

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