Cotard’s syndrome, or the “walking dead syndrome”, is a mental disorder in which the sufferer believes they are dead, their bodily organs have been removed, and/or their soul has been removed. This delusion was named after its founder, Jules Cotard, in 1882 after describing it for the first time due to a case report of a 43-year-old woman. However, it has been discovered that there have been cases that were reported in the 1700s.
Cotard’s syndrome is affected by the temporal lobe and fusiform gyrus region of the brain. It indicates a disconnection between two areas of the brain; the area that recognizes faces and the area that is able to associate emotions with facial recognition. The result of this is a absenteeism of feeling when seeing
Cotard’s syndrome is affected by the temporal lobe and fusiform gyrus region of the brain. It indicates a disconnection between two areas of the brain; the area that recognizes faces and the area that is able to associate emotions with facial recognition. The result of this is a absenteeism of feeling when seeing