reduplicative paramnesia

a false memory or delusion characterized by the subjective certainty that a familiar person or place has been duplicated, such as the belief that the hospital where one is treated is duplicated and relocated to another site. Patients may believe they are simultaneously in the two locations. This condition can be caused by a variety of neurological disorders. Brain lesions commonly involve the frontal lobes, the right hemisphere, or both. See also Capgras syndrome.

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May 8th 2024

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