Body Image Distortion and Exposure to Extreme Body Types: Contingent Adaptation and Cross Adaptation for Self and Other

Body size misperception is common amongst the general public and is a core component of eating disorders and related conditions. While perennial media exposure to the thin ideal has been blamed for this misperception, relatively little research has examined visual adaptation as a potential mechanism...

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Main Authors: Kevin R. Brooks, Jonathan M Mond, Richard J Stevenson, Ian D Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00334/full