Brain activation during the perception of distorted body images in eating disorders

Y Miyake, Y Okamoto, K Onoda, M Kurosaki… - Psychiatry Research …, 2010 - Elsevier
Eating disorder (ED) patients have severe disturbances in the perception of body shape and
weight. The authors investigated brain activation patterns during the perception of distorted …

Functional neuroanatomy of body shape perception in healthy and eating-disordered women

R Uher, T Murphy, HC Friederich, T Dalgleish… - Biological …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in perception and evaluation of body shape are a hallmark of
eating disorders. METHODS: Brain responses to line drawings of underweight, normal …

Looking at my body. Similarities and differences between anorexia nervosa patients and controls in body image visual processing

G Castellini, C Polito, E Bolognesi, A D'Argenio… - European …, 2013 - cambridge.org
BackgroundBody image distortion is a core symptom of eating disorders. Functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies on body image processing, described different …

Brains of anorexia nervosa patients process self-images differently from non-self-images: an fMRI study

P Sachdev, N Mondraty, W Wen, K Gulliford - Neuropsychologia, 2008 - Elsevier
The central disturbance in anorexia nervosa (AN) is a distorted body image. This perceptual
error does not extend to judging others' body shapes. We used fMRI to examine if the brain …

An fMRI investigation of emotional processing of body shape in bulimia nervosa

DL Spangler, MD Allen - International Journal of Eating …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Cognitive‐behavioral theories of eating disorder etiology emphasize the role of
body‐oriented self‐schemas. Examination of brain regions associated with self‐referencing …

Separating two components of body image in anorexia nervosa using fMRI

HM Mohr, J Zimmermann, C Röder, C Lenz… - Psychological …, 2010 - cambridge.org
BackgroundBody image distortion is a key symptom of anorexia nervosa. In behavioral
research two components of body image have been defined: attitudes towards the body and …

Neuronal activity changes and body image distortion in anorexia nervosa

A Wagner, M Ruf, DF Braus, MH Schmidt - Neuroreport, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Body image distortion is a major and often persistent symptom in anorexia nervosa. During a
functional imaging investigation we confronted female anorectic patients and healthy …

Neural correlates of viewing photographs of one's own body and another woman's body in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: an fMRI study

S Vocks, M Busch, D Grönemeyer, D Schulte… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2010 - jpn.ca
Background: In spite of many similarities in the psychopathology of anorexia nervosa (AN)
and bulimia nervosa (BN), the 2 groups seem to differ in terms of body image disturbances …

Body image distortions in bulimia nervosa: investigating body size overestimation and body size satisfaction by fMRI

HM Mohr, C Röder, J Zimmermann, D Hummel… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Body image distortion is a key symptom of eating disorders. In behavioral
research two components of body image have been defined: attitudes towards the body and …

Body image distortion reveals amygdala activation in patients with anorexia nervosa–a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

G Seeger, DF Braus, M Ruf, U Goldberger… - Neuroscience …, 2002 - Elsevier
In anorexia nervosa patients, body image distortion is a core and often persistent symptom,
which continues to pose a risk for relapse even after weight recovery. Using functional …