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The Hachibi is alive, the paths are all dead bodies being manipulated by Nagato's chakra hence the chakra receivers. They do not each have their own (alive and active) mind. They are just animated dead bodies all using Nagato's chakra and control. One mind.
It doesn't matter. They all have separate sensory nerves, so catching one in a genjutsu wouldn't affect the others which is why the other paths were not affected when the first 3 were caught.