Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran was born in 1951, in Tamil Nadu, India. Ramachandran moved around India and Asia with his family. Dr. Ramachandran is “Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute”. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran is “best known for work on visual perception and experiments in behavioral neurology”. Ramachandran is an published author in several scientific journals and books. His most acclaimed book is “Phantoms in the Brain”.
Capgras syndrome is a type of delusion in which one believes an imposter has replaced a person. Capgras is rare syndrome, which is rarely seen in the medical community. The condition affects the part of the brain that recognizes faces called the Fussiform gyrus, which is found in the temporal lobe. The area may be damaged through a car accident or head injury. When an individual is affected by this condition they do not recognizes themselves or anyone else, but can …show more content…
The person feels pain as if the limb is still there, and comprehends the limb is no longer there. “Patients claim they can move the phantom and have a compelling sensory experience.” These patients experience pain, which often lead to isolation, depression, and suicide. The mirror box therapy tricks the mind to believe the limb is still connected to the body, and functions normally. Synesthesia a sensation produced in one sensory pathway in which in turn stimulation is applied to another sensory pathway. For example when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color. Dr. Ramachandran said that Synesthesia is “eight times more common among artists, poets, and creative people. Another example is when an individual can see colors when they see
Capgras syndrome is a type of delusion in which one believes an imposter has replaced a person. Capgras is rare syndrome, which is rarely seen in the medical community. The condition affects the part of the brain that recognizes faces called the Fussiform gyrus, which is found in the temporal lobe. The area may be damaged through a car accident or head injury. When an individual is affected by this condition they do not recognizes themselves or anyone else, but can …show more content…
The person feels pain as if the limb is still there, and comprehends the limb is no longer there. “Patients claim they can move the phantom and have a compelling sensory experience.” These patients experience pain, which often lead to isolation, depression, and suicide. The mirror box therapy tricks the mind to believe the limb is still connected to the body, and functions normally. Synesthesia a sensation produced in one sensory pathway in which in turn stimulation is applied to another sensory pathway. For example when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color. Dr. Ramachandran said that Synesthesia is “eight times more common among artists, poets, and creative people. Another example is when an individual can see colors when they see