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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Visual adaptation has been proposed as a mechanism linking viewing images of thin women’s bodies with body size and shape misperception (BSSM). Non-Caucasian populations appear less susceptible to BSSM, possibly because adaptation to thin Caucasian ...
Lewis Gould-Fensom +13 more
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Eating and Weight DisordersAnorexia Nervosa (AN) is a mental health condition marked by reduced food consumption, intense fear of weight gain, and distorted body experience. Virtual Reality (VR)-based techniques—i.e., Body-Swapping and Mirror Exposure techniques—offer promising ...
Giulia Brizzi +5 more
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Self-perceived body image and its influence on weight management among adults in South Africa
South African Medical JournalBackground. Misperception of body image is common, and may prevent individuals from undertaking healthy corrective measures. Objectives. To investigate how misperception of body image and weight among adults may influence efforts to improve health
T E Matsha +4 more
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Body size, food and women's identity : a qualitative psychological study across the life span. [PDF]
, 1995 This thesis investigates the subjective meanings surrounding body size and food for women from three different stages of the life span. A qualitative feminist psychological perspective is adopted, which shifts the emphasis from models of individual ...
Tunaley, Jillian Rachel
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, 2021 Perception of the size of body parts, for instance the hand, has been shown to be distorted in healthy participants, with over- and underestimations of width and length, respectively.
Perera, A. Treshi-Maie +4 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Gender and the Body Size and Shape Aftereffect: Implications for neural processing
, 2021 Prolonged exposure to wide (thin) bodies causes a perceptual aftereffect such that subsequently-viewed bodies appear thinner (wider) than they actually are. This phenomenon is known as visual adaptation.
Evelyn Baldry +5 more
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, 2018 Objective: Prolonged exposure to large/small bodies causes aftereffects in perceived body size. Outside the laboratory, individuals repeatedly exposed to small (large) bodies tend to over- (under-) estimate their size and exhibit increased (decreased ...
Brooks, KR (15655205) +5 more
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, 2021 Visual adaptation has been proposed as a mechanism linking viewing images of thin women’s bodies with body size and shape misperception (BSSM). Non-Caucasian populations appear less susceptible to BSSM, possibly because adaptation to thin Caucasian ...
Chrystalle B. Y. Tan +5 more
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