Cohort profile: The Swedish Tattoo and Body Modifications Cohort (TABOO) [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Purpose The Swedish Tattoo and Body Modifications Cohort (TABOO) cohort was established to provide an infrastructure for epidemiological studies researching the role of tattoos and other body modifications as risk factors for adverse health outcomes.
Kristofer Andréasson +4 more
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When personality gets under the skin: Need for uniqueness and body modifications. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Do individuals modify their bodies in order to be unique? The present study sought to investigate need for uniqueness (NfU) subcomponents as possible motives for modifying one's body.
Selina M Weiler +3 more
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Influence of the implant scan body modifications on trueness of digital impressions [PDF]
Journal of Dental Sciences, 2023 Background/purpose: Effects of implant angulation on digital impression accuracy remain controversial. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the alteration of implant scan bodies and the trueness of digital impressions ...
Sema Merve Uzel +5 more
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Body Modifications in Patients with Chronic Dermatoses: Associations with Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Illness Acceptance [PDF]
Acta Dermato-VenereologicaBody modifications such as tattoos and piercings are increasingly popular, yet their psychological implications in dermatology patients remain understudied. This study examined the prevalence of body modifications, their association with body dysmorphic
Justyna Putek +2 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 Lewy Body Disorders (LBDs) lie within the spectrum of age-related neurodegenerative diseases now frequently categorized as the synucleinopathies. LBDs are considered to be among the second most common form of neurodegenerative dementias after Alzheimer's
Nelson de Oliveira Manzanza +2 more
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Corpus Mundi, 2023 This is a review of Franziska Bork-Petersen's book “Body Utopianism. Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement”, which discusses the changes in corporeality and the use of various tools that have become an important part of contemporary ...
Olesya S Yakushenkova
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The Obligatory Underwater Level: Posthuman Genealogy of Amphibian Human in Media
Corpus Mundi, 2021 Will humankind ever be able to live underwater? To answer this question from the perspective of visual media studies, I analyze narrative and expressive means used for positive representation of underwater experiences in several examples of screen media.
Alesha Alesha Serada
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The Body as the Ground of Structuring Cultural Discourses and the Phenomenological Dimensions of Modern Body Modifications / Kültürel Söylemlerin Biçimlendirme Yerlemi Olarak Beden ve Çağdaş Beden Modifikasyonlarının Fenomenolojik Boyutları [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2018 The body is the immediate ground and dimension of the relationship and reality experience that human has with the world. The fact that the body is an experience of holistic embodiment beyond being a pure organism that brings it to a passive object for ...
Zehra Kaderli*
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The body as a reflection of relations with others
Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 2022 Background Corporeality is an important element of the self structure. Tattoos have been associated with self-esteem, identity diffusion, and aggression.
Mateusz J. Lammek
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Cultural construction of the body – risks and perspectives
Journal of Modern Science, 2023 The aim of this paper is to indicate the possible consequences of the intensification of dietary, cosmetic and medical interference in the human body. Nowadays, creation or construction of identity takes place largely through modifications of the human ...
Martyna Nawrocka +1 more
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