Giovannini Mirror Syndrome

Giovannini Mirror Syndrome is believed not to be a real syndrome because only two real-life cases have been diagnosed. Based on those cases, it supposedly appears because someone has incurred severe brain damage, preventing any understanding of the person's self from being retained. Therefore they use other people's moral compass and ideals to form a basis for themselves.
A doctor who sees someone with Giovannini Mirror Syndrome will see that the patient will mimic the profession of the doctor. House's team dealt with a patient who exhibits these symptoms in the episode Mirror Mirror.
Note that the subject copies whoever they perceive to be the more authoritative if more than one subject is available to copy. See the last interaction between the patient, House, and Cuddy.
Category:Diseases