Watching this old nova episode called secrets of the mind. This guy has capgras delusions where he thinks his parents are Imposters but he's not psychotic he actually had a car accident and damaged his brain. What it turns out is there are two signals that have to connect in the mind...one that's visual and another that's emotional. The one from the amygdala is the emotional one and it doesn't seem to connect in this guy but what's really interesting is he can talk to his parents on the phone and he knows exactly who they are because the auditory connection to the amygdala is fine. I've always felt I didn't make the right emotional connection with people and this is exacerbated in dating because it's almost like the people aren't the same people...I'm wondering if these connections are somehow weak in my brain. Anyway it's really interesting.
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