In Leslie Jamison’s “Devil’s Bait,” she attempts to gain a better understanding of Morgellon’s disease, a mysterious skin condition that is yet to be verified by anyone in the medical community. However, instead of interrogating everyone at the conference she’s attending, she just listens to what they have to say and tries to empathize. Jamison takes a similar approach to empathy as Jamil Zaki, a brain scientist researching empathy. Zaki emphasized to “listen, understand, and connect” in his Ted Talk about empathy and Jamison does exactly that. She affirmed people that she believed their disease was a real and not just a product of paranoia. From the information shared with her, she grew to understand that “women are especially vulnerable to the isolating disfigurement and condescension that comes attached to this disease” (Jamison 224). As a woman, she was likely able to connect with the fact that male doctors tend to take female symptoms much less serious than male symptoms. Another thing she found is that most of the people affected with this disease were looking for “basically, anyone who gave a damn” (Jamison 223). So, by simply showing people she cared, she was able to learn about them. Finally, Jamison tried to establish a strong connection with everyone she met by relating to own her experiences of feeling uncomfortable in her own body. By doing this she was able to empathize with these people using a technique like Zaki’s.