Barbie-Cueing Weight Perception. [PDF]
Iperception, 2019 It was previously reported that Barbie feels heavier than Ken when both dolls are matched for mass. However, we felt it was unclear from this earlier report if the effects went beyond a typical size-weight illusion.
Saccone EJ, Chouinard PA.
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The association of weight status and weight perception with number of confidants in adolescents. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Weight status and self-weight perception are related to social relationship issues. Studies have suggested links between non-normal weight status or weight perception and youths having fewer confidants, but these relationships are unclear and remain to ...
Nishida A +6 more
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Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2006 Objective: To investigate weight perception and related psychological factors in Chinese adolescents. Methods: A questionnaire on weight perception, academic performance, stress, hostility, and depression was completed by 6863 middle and high school ...
Bin Xie +2 more
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Can mothers judge the size of their newborn? Assessing the determinants of a mother's perception of a baby's size at birth [PDF]
, 2011 Birth weight is known to be closely related to child health, although as many infants in developing countries are not weighed at birth and thus will not have a recorded birth weight it is difficult to use birth weight when analysing child illness.
Channon, Andrew, ANDREW A. R. CHANNON
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Discrimination thresholds for haptic perception of volume, surface area, and weight [PDF]
, 2011 The present study investigated the human ability to discriminate the size of 3-D objects by touch. Experiment 1 measured the just noticeable differences (JNDs) for three tasks: (1) discrimination of volume without availability of weight information, (2 ...
Mirela Kahrimanovic +10 more
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Body mass index and self-perception of overweight and obesity in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants: PERU MIGRANT study. [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare self-reported weight and body mass index (BMI) in order to determine discrepancies between subjective and objective obesity-related markers, and possible explanatory factors of overweight and obesity underestimation,
Gilman Robert H. +17 more
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Unimanual and Bimanual Weight Perception of Virtual Objects with a new Multi-finger Haptic Interface
, 2011 Accurate weight perception is important particularly in tasks where the user has to apply vertical forces to ensure safe landing of a fragile object or precise penetration of a surface with a probe.
Manuel Ferre +11 more
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Body weight perception and weight loss practices among Sri Lankan adults
, 2014 Objectives The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the association between self-perception of body weight, weight loss approaches and measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among Sri Lankan adults.
Katulanda, P. +11 more
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Enhancing weight perception in virtual reality: an analysis of kinematic features [PDF]
This study investigates weight perception in virtual reality without kinesthetic feedback from the real world, by means of an illusory method called pseudo-haptic. This illusory model focuses on the dissociation of visual input and somatosensory feedback
MOOSAVI, Mahdiyeh Sadat +3 more
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Self-reported psychosocial health in obese patients before and after weight loss [PDF]
, 2010 Psychosocial profiles were examined in 255 morbidly obese patients attending a hospital service offering access to standard weight loss therapies. 129 patients were reassessed after at least 6-month follow-up.
Saravanan, Ponnusamy +9 more
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