Chapter 1095 Capgras Delusion
"What you just did is really impressive. Is that hypnosis? Miss Jeanre."
After questioning Mrs. Milgram, everyone gathered in the living room to discuss the case. It was obvious that Gibbs was not the kind to praise others, which made his words seem clumsy and sincere.
The decoration in the living room is in a very old-school American style. The furniture is basically made of solid wood. The brown-yellow wainscoting and decorative paintings inlaid with gold edges will usually give people a solemn and elegant feeling, which is very suitable for the identity of an old general. , but it makes people feel depressed at this time.
"That's just a simple psychological suggestion." Jiejie calmly took half a step back and hid herself behind Jack and the sofa.
She was experienced in dealing with passionate suitors, but Gibbs obviously wasn't here for the beauty, he was after the person.
"Jiejie, like Jack, is a psychologist in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Division." Jubal didn't understand the meaning yet, so he helped explain. Now Gibbs's eyes lit up even more.
Is NCIS so short of people? I have the impression that this big boss has a very picky eye for people. Why did he want to poach the FBI from the very beginning? Jack felt a little overwhelmed.
At this time, Hannah also returned to the living room. She had just sent Mrs. Milgram to the bedroom to rest, and found two female police officers to guard the door.
"The Milgram family's car is all there. Luke must have taken the general into the car he drove. Alice is comparing the surveillance of surrounding intersections with the data of stolen vehicles that day, hoping to find something."
Luke abandoned his car at his parents' house and consciously avoided the police's sight, so the car he drove to the villa was probably stolen, and there was no problem with Alice's tracking direction.
Of course, this kind of screening work cannot be done by one person. Behind her, there are dozens of analysts working overtime in the operations center in New York.
"Actually, apart from Operation Delado Falls, what I care more about is that in Mrs. Milgram's narration just now, Luke mentioned a word to the general - 'Gaslighting'."
Jack moved his eyes away from a picture of a battleship on the wall and analyzed the case.
The word "Gaslighting" is a slang usage, referring to the "gaslight effect". It originated from a play "Gaslight" in the 1930s, which was later adapted into a movie "Gaslight".
The play and movie tell the story of how a man controlled the mind of his wife by adjusting the brightness of a gas lamp and using techniques similar to psychological suggestion to make his wife fall into confusion and self-doubt.
Compared with the well-known PUA, the "gaslighting effect" is more subtle and difficult to detect, but the effect is similar. It can gradually deprive the manipulated person of his self-confidence and autonomy, causing it to have a cognitive and emotional impact on the manipulator. rely.
When one person says to another, you are trying to "Gaslight" me, it means that you are trying to manipulate my thoughts.
"He accused the general of replacing his parents and trying to manipulate his mind, which sounded like he was suffering from some kind of paranoia."
Jubal said and looked at Gibbs, "We really need the files on Operation Drado Falls."
The latter nodded seriously, "When we return to the NCIS office, those materials will appear on the table in your conference room."
"I always feel like I've heard of this symptom somewhere." Jack said, taking out his cell phone and calling a certain humanoid encyclopedia.
The phone rang for a long time before the call was connected. In addition to Red's complaints, there were also questions from his celebrity girlfriend Leila Yaki.
Because Jack turned on the speakerphone directly, everyone heard the sound. Hannah teased this guy rudely, "Wow, Rhett, I thought you would be the same even if you were living with Lila." Sleeping in separate rooms." There was a harsh noise from the other side of the phone. It was obvious that Rhett accidentally dropped the phone on the ground.
"We're not living together. Laila is just here for the weekend. Please, it's not even 4 o'clock in the morning. What's going on?" After picking up the phone, Rhett directly chose to change the topic.
"We're in a little trouble."
Getting down to business, Jack briefly and clearly explained Luke Dolan's symptoms.
"I know that trauma can cause symptoms such as amnesia and even schizophrenia, but it is obvious that Luke's paranoia did not affect his daily behavior. He was even able to break through the security system and enter the general's villa and hijack him. This shows his logic The thinking is normal.”
Rhett was silent for a long time before suddenly speaking, "I think he may have Capgras' delusion."
Everyone on this side of the phone couldn't help but look at each other. This word was unfamiliar to everyone present.
"Please explain, Dr. Red." Clay asked loudly.
Red's voice became slightly high-pitched, which was his usual tone when outputting information from the Humanoid Encyclopedia.
"'Capgras delusion' is also known as impostor syndrome. This is an extremely rare mental illness that basically only appears in literary and artistic works. Patients will firmly believe that their friends and loved ones have been replaced by impostors. ”
"Is it like the movie "The Devil"?" Gibbs interjected.
"The Devil" is a classic movie in the 1950s and is regarded as the originator of the classic TV series "The X-Files".
Red continued, "Yes, but this symptom usually only involves one sense, the most typical being vision. Basically, the neural connection between the visual cortex and the part of the brain responsible for controlling emotions is severed.
So when the patient looks at the people around him, he cannot trigger the corresponding emotional response, which causes him to regard these people as imposters.
And interestingly, because the auditory connection is still intact, this symptom does not occur when he hears but does not see familiar people."
"So Luke's many years of special operations career may have caused him to suffer from 'interface astrocyte scarring'. This damage made his brain extremely fragile, and the previous car accident became the last straw that broke the camel's back."
Aubrey, who had been listening silently, understood Red. I understand what Red meant, but I still don't quite understand one thing, "But this can't explain why he went on a killing spree."
"Yes, but I think the answer should be in the 'Drado Falls' operation you mentioned, which should be his real breaking point.
Something must have happened in the operation that made him feel uneasy, and this time the 'Capgras delusion' attack made him an extreme paranoid."
Clay has already figured out the reason according to Red's speculation, "Something happened in the operation that year that made Luke think it was a scandal or some truth that needed to be covered up, so when he got sick, he thought his good friend, former commander Adam Weiner, was replaced by someone.
So he went to the 'Senna Locke' company at first just to find an old friend, and the massacre was just a temporary impulse."