See this interesting story of a man (identified as “AD” below) who has some brain damage due to which he has turned into a human chameleon. Whenever he meets someone, he “becomes” that person. So on meeting a doctor, he starts behaving like a doctor, and even makes up a story as to how he came about to be a doctor.
To investigate further, Giovannina Conchiglia and colleagues used actors to contrive different scenarios. At a bar, an actor asked AD for a cocktail, prompting him to immediately fulfil the role of bar-tender, claiming that he was on a two-week trial hoping to gain a permanent position. Taken to the hospital kitchen for 40 minutes, AD quickly assumed the role of head chef, and claimed responsibility for preparing special menus for diabetic patients. He maintains these roles until the situation changes. However, he didn’t adopt the role of laundry worker at the hospital laundry, perhaps because it was too far out of keeping with his real-life career as a politician.
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