Imagine the horror of learning that your brother is in a coma as the result of a car crash. Now imagine the relief when he emerges from that coma; a relief that is soon shattered by your brother’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Click to viewDelusions and neurological disorders have the ability to radically alter your perception of reality. But the effects of many of these disorders resemble the consequences of an alien ...