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Understanding misidentification syndromes using the integrative memory model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2020

Joel Patchitt  and
Sukhi S. Shergill Open the ORCID record for Sukhi S. Shergill [Opens in a new window]
Joel Patchitt
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Joel.patchitt@kcl.ac.ukSukhi.shergill@kcl.ac.ukhttp://www.csilab.org/joel-patchitthttp://www.csilab.org/prof-sukhi-shergill
Sukhi S. Shergill
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Joel.patchitt@kcl.ac.ukSukhi.shergill@kcl.ac.ukhttp://www.csilab.org/joel-patchitthttp://www.csilab.org/prof-sukhi-shergill
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Abstract

Misidentification syndromes occur commonly in neuropsychiatric practice and can be explained through aberrant integration of recollection and familiarity, in keeping with a dysfunction at the level of the attributional system in the new integrative memory model. We examine neuroimaging findings associated with Fregoli and Capgras syndromes and compare these with the proposed neural substrate of the integrative memory model supporting the core and attribution functions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e295
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