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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tncoulson/Density-dependent-body-size-evolution: V1.0
, 2022 <p>Files to run models in Coulson et al.
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Size does matter — the eco-evolutionary effects of changing body size in fish
, 2020 Body size acts as a proxy for many fitness-related traits. Body size is also subject to directional selection from various anthropogenic stressors such as increasing water temperature, decreasing d...
P. A. Ahti +2 more
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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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Seeing the body distorts tactile size perception [PDF]
, 2013 Vision of the body modulates somatosensation, even when entirely non-informative about stimulation. For example, seeing the body increases tactile spatial acuity, but reduces acute pain.
Longo, Matthew R. +2 more
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Body size evolution in insular speckled rattlesnakes (Viperidae : Crotalus mitchellii) [PDF]
, 2010 Background Speckled rattlesnakes (Crotalus mitchellii) inhabit multiple islands off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Two of the 14 known insular populations have been recognized as subspecies based primarily on body size divergence from putative ...
Meik, Jesse M. +8 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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Pollinator size and its consequences: Robust estimates of body size in pollinating insects
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Body size is an integral functional trait that underlies pollination‐related ecological processes, yet it is often impractical to measure directly. Allometric scaling laws have been used to overcome this problem.
Liam K. Kendall +18 more
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Owning an overweight or underweight body: distinguishing the physical, experienced and virtual body [PDF]
, 2014 Our bodies are the most intimately familiar objects we encounter in our perceptual environment. Virtual reality provides a unique method to allow us to experience having a very different body from our own, thereby providing a valuable method to explore ...
Linkenauger Sally A. +33 more
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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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