A case of Capgras syndrome with one's own reflected image in a mirror

Neurocase. 2016;22(2):168-9. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2015.1080847. Epub 2015 Aug 25.

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.

Keywords: Capgras; Syndrome; behavior disorders; dementia; mirrored self-misidentification; prosopagnosia.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Capgras Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Capgras Syndrome / psychology*
  • Delusions
  • Electroencephalography
  • Face
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Recognition, Psychology / physiology*
  • Self Concept*