Big number, big body: Jersey numbers alter body size perception.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Vision has been shown to be an active process that can be shaped by top-down influences. Here, we add to this area of research by showing a surprising example of how visual perception can be affected by cognition (i.e., cognitive penetration).
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The effect of attention on body size adaptation and body dissatisfaction
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Attentional bias to low-fat bodies is thought to be associated with body dissatisfaction—a symptom and risk factor of eating disorders. However, the causal nature of this relationship is unclear.
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¿Los sujetos con obesidad subestiman su tamaño corporal? Una revisión narrativa de los métodos de estimación y teorías explicativas [PDF]
, 2018 The widespread of overweight and obesity in the developed countries is a real societal issue, nevertheless a considerable amount of subjects with obesity do not recognize their condition.
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Larger mammalian body size leads to lower retroviral activity [PDF]
, 2014 Retroviruses have been infecting mammals for at least 100 million years, leaving descendants in host genomes known as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). The abundance of ERVs is partly determined by their mode of replication, but it has also been suggested ...
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Does Ethnicity Influence Body‐Size Preference? A Comparison of Body Image and Body Size [PDF]
Obesity Research, 2002 AbstractObjective: Obesity is most common in the United States among women of ethnic minority groups (black and Hispanic). Researchers have hypothesized that these subcultures are more accepting of overweight figures. The purpose of this study was to examine body image and body size assessments in a large community sample of men and women.Research ...
Fary M, Cachelin +3 more
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Insights into body size variation in cetaceans from the evolution of body-size-related genes
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Cetaceans exhibit an exceptionally wide range of body size, yet in this regard, their genetic basis remains poorly explored. In this study, 20 body-size-related genes for which duplication, mutation, or deficiency can cause body size change in
Yingying Sun +6 more
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Geographic body size variation in ectotherms: effects of seasonality on an anuran from the southern temperate forest [PDF]
, 2015 Indexación: Web of Science; Scopus.Background: Body size variation has played a central role in biogeographical research, however, most studies have aimed to describe trends rather than search for underlying mechanisms.
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Changing distributions of body size and adiposity with age [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Adiposity and health risks are better indicated by waist circumference than body mass index (BMI). Patterns of change with age are incompletely documented.<p></p> Methods: Adults aged 18–92 years in the Scottish and ...
Combet, E, Lean, MEJ, Vlassopoulos, A.
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Body size perceptions and preferences favor overweight in adult Saharawi refugees
Nutrition Journal, 2018 Background Culture affects body image and body size perceptions from an early age and in many African countries, overweight has been associated with richness, health, strength, and fertility.
Desire Alice Naigaga +5 more
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Body size and food size in freshwater zooplankton [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1984 We used double-label liquid scintillation techniques to measure the efficiencies with which eight different-sized zooplankton species ingested four cell types relative to a standard cell type ( Chlamydomonas ). Efficiency ratios (ERs: clearance rate on cell type X ÷ clearance rate on Chlamydomonas
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