Body Representation in Anorexia Nervosa
, 2021 Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder that mainly affects young women. One of the most striking symptoms of this disorder is the distorted experience of body size and shape.
A. Keizer, M. Engel
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Predictive Processing and Body Representation
, 2021 We introduce the predictive processing account of body representation, according to which body representation emerges via a domain-general scheme of (long-term) prediction error minimisation. We contrast this account against one where body representation
Stephen Gadsby, J. Hohwy
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Modulation of Body Representation Impacts on Efferent Autonomic Activity. [PDF]
J Cogn Neurosci, 2020 The afferent branch of the autonomic nervous system contributes with interoception to the multimodal sensory correlation continuously needed to update our representation of the body.
D'Alonzo M +3 more
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Statistical inference of body representation in the macaque brain. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Significance How humans and potentially other animals construct the experience of ”being a self" remains one of the most intriguing questions in neuroscience.
Fang W +5 more
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Mirror Box Training in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients Affects Body Representation
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018 The brain integrates multisensory inputs coming from the body (i.e., proprioception, tactile sensations) and the world that surrounds it (e.g., visual information).
Giorgia Tosi +4 more
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Efficacy of Body Representation Rehabilitation Training for Adults with Unilateral Brain Damage: A Preliminary Study [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground/Objectives: Body representations (BRs) are essential for guiding movements, maintaining spatial awareness, and achieving effective interactions with the environment. Several studies suggest that BRs are frequently impaired following unilateral
Maria Cropano +8 more
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Changing Body Representation Through Full Body Ownership Illusions Might Foster Motor Rehabilitation Outcome in Patients With Stroke. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2020 How our brain represents our body through the integration of internal and external sensory information so that we can interact with our surrounding environment has become a matter of interest especially in the field of neurorehabilitation. In this regard,
Matamala-Gomez M +6 more
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Disconnected Body Representation: Neuroplasticity Following Spinal Cord Injury. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2019 Neuroplastic changes in somatotopic organization within the motor and somatosensory systems have long been observed. The interruption of afferent and efferent brain–body pathways promotes extensive cortical reorganization.
Leemhuis E, De Gennaro L, Pazzaglia AM.
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Body Representation in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2019 Drawings produced by children provide insights about their physical and psychological status. In children suffering from unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP), self-portraits constitute a unique opportunity to study whether and how their disease affects self ...
Nuara A +3 more
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The Effect of a Virtual-Reality Full-Body Illusion on Body Representation in Obesity. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2019 Background. The effective illusory ownership over an artificial body in modulating body representations in healthy and eating disorders population has been repeatedly reported in recent literature. In this study, we extended this research in the field of
Scarpina F +7 more
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