Causes or Cures

Why Do People Hide the Fact that They are Sick with an Infectious Disease? With Dr. Wilson Merrell

March 11, 2024 Dr. Eeks/Dr. Wilson Merrell Episode 176
Causes or Cures
Why Do People Hide the Fact that They are Sick with an Infectious Disease? With Dr. Wilson Merrell
Show Notes


In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Wilson Merrell about his recently published research on the percentage of people who hide the fact that they are sick with an infectious disease. In the podcast, he discusses who hides the fact that they are sick, when they do it, why they do it and how they do it. He explains their motives, things the researchers found surprising and the wider implications of his research. 
Dr. Merrell is a researcher who completed his PhD in social psychology at the University of Michigan. He is currently doing postdoc research at the Center for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination at Aarhus University.  His research focus is on psychological processes that help people manage fundamental threats and opportunities in their environment.  


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