Keyword: fictitious disorder

Deception and Adaptation in Nature and Humans March 28, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin

Deception is not a human failing but a survival strategy woven through all of nature. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti trace mimicry and camouflage from animals and flowers to human imposture, fictitious illness, and the social masks people wear, asking when self-presentation becomes pathology and how to find the rare relationships where none of it is necessary.