Girl Thinking – Is Bluffing the Key to Understanding Mental Illness – Humintell

Dr. Read Montague, professor and computational neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine, aimed to investigate “strategic deception…our ability and willingness to manipulate other people’s beliefs about ourselves for gain.” Being able to infer another person’s perception of oneself is an important part of human interaction; however, this skill is severely lacking in those with psychiatric disorders, such as autism and borderline personality disorder.

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