We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,067,987-week series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Capgras Delusion What it’s about: We’ve all heard of commonplace delusions—everyone’s out to get ...

Capgras syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds the delusional belief that an identical-looking imposter has replaced someone significant in their life. They believe the doppelganger looks ...

On a beautiful autumn afternoon in New York's Central Park, Carol Berman had the horrifying realization that her husband of 40 years no longer recognized her as his wife. In his eyes, she wasn't the ...

One January day in 2007, a terrifying idea seized a 45-year-old wife and mother in Omaha, Neb.: Her husband and teenage sons were not, in fact, her husband and teenage sons. Strangers who happened to ...

The Capgras delusion is a condition in which a person believes that an imposter has replaced some close friend or relative. Recent theorists have appealed to Bayesianism to help explain both why a ...

"Capgras is a misidentification syndrome characterized by the transient, recurrent or permanent belief that someone known to a patient has been replaced by an impostor with a strong physical ...

Some quirks of the mind can’t yet be understood. But a new study may be closing in on one longstanding mystery: why someone might have delusions that a loved one is a stranger, or fail to recognize ...

The Capgras syndrome is a delusion that occurs when a person thinks a close relative, friend, or even a pet has been replaced by an impostor. Despite recognizing familiar appearance and behavior, ...

On a beautiful autumn afternoon in New York’s Central Park, Carol Berman had the horrifying realization that her husband of 40 years no longer recognized her as his wife. In his eyes, she wasn’t the ...