Under the Cortex

Allergies or Sickness? Unraveling the Mystery of Concealing Infectious Diseases


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What do you think when people stay quiet about infectious situations? Is it just a small white lie? 

In this episode, Under the Cortex hosts Wilson Merrell to discuss his new paper in Psychological Science titled “When and Why People Conceal Infectious Disease.” The conversation with APS’s Özge G. Fischer Baum reviews what disease concealment looks like and the factors that contribute to when people do it. Merrell highlights that 75% of US adult participants report concealing infectious illness from others and discusses the potential social pressures that might influence this decision. 

To learn more about this research, visit psychologicalscience.org. 

Send us your thoughts and questions at  [email protected].

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