Monday, April 28, 2008

serendipity

Wow, what timing. I found this shortly after posting my poem/song "The Stranger in the Mirror".
Of course, my poem is not about this delusion, but what a coincidence.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428160113.htm

ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2008) — Researchers at Macquarie University have developed an original new approach to the study of delusions, using hypnosis to temporarily create typical delusional beliefs in otherwise non-delusional people.
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People suffering from mirrored-self misidentification believe that the person they see when they look in the mirror is not them, but some stranger who looks similar to them.

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