In a classic science fiction novel, alien pods grow into exact duplicates of people. The people then die and the duplicates take their places. The family members of the replaced people are sure that these people are not their relatives, but no one believes them. The family members feel like people suffering from:
A) Tasack's syndrome
B) Capgras syndrome
C) Tourette's syndrome
D) Korsakoff's syndrome

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Capgras syndrome is a psychological disorder in which a person believes that their loved ones have been replaced by imposters or duplicates. This is similar to the plot of the science fiction novel mentioned in the question, where family members of replaced people feel that the people taking their loved ones' places are not really them. None of the other options - Tasack's syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, or Korsakoff's syndrome - are related to this specific symptom.

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