However, when they talk to the person on the phone they recognize them. capgras only effects the vision sensory of the brain as well as the emotions. Experts have found a way to test for this syndrome. Doctors measure the galvanic skin response to see how much patients sweat when approached with a certain object opposed to normal people (“3 Clues to Understanding the Brain”).
Phantom limb syndrome is when a person has a limb amputated, but still thinks it is still attached to the body. Doctor Ramachandran has discovered a way to treat people that feel phantom limb. He places a mirror in a box and tells the patient to put the phantom limb on one side and the other on the opposite side. When the patient moves the attached limb in from of the mirror they think their phantom is moving. Eventually, the patient’s brain processes that the phantom is no longer there. When the phantom disappears so does the pain (“3 Clues to Understanding the