Harnessing immersive virtual reality: A comprehensive scoping review of its applications in assessing, understanding, and treating eating disorders

AF Di Natale, SFM Pizzoli, G Brizzi, D Di Lernia… - Current Psychiatry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) has shown promise in the assessment,
understanding, and treatment of eating disorders (EDs), providing a dynamic platform for …

Enfacement illusions: Filling a knowledge gap in eating disorder risk assessment, prevention, and intervention?

J Portingale, I Krug, D Butler - International Journal of Eating …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Body image disturbance (BID) is central to eating disorders (EDs), yet the role of self‐face
perception has received limited empirical attention despite rising sociocultural pressures …

Two identical twin pairs discordant for longstanding anorexia nervosa and OSFED: lived experience accounts of eating disorder and recovery processes

R Elwyn, M Williams, E Smith, S Smith - Journal of Eating Disorders, 2024 - Springer
Research into the risk of anorexia nervosa (AN) has examined twin pairs to further the
understanding of the contributions of genetics, trait inheritance, and environmental factors to …

Metaverse in Mental Health: The Beginning of a Long History

A Cerasa, A Gaggioli, G Pioggia, G Riva - Current Psychiatry Reports, 2024 - Springer
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Self/other recognition and distinction in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A pilot study using a double mirror paradigm

N Lavenne-Collot, E Maubant, S Déroulez, G Bronsard… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Background Abnormalities in body perception in patients affected by anorexia nervosa have
been widely studied, but without explicit reference to their relationship to others and the …

Playing With Spatial Frames: Altering the Body Matrix Through Multisensory Egocentric and Allocentric Body Illusions

G Brizzi, G Riva - Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The multifaceted nature of body experience, encompassing affective, cognitive, and
perceptual components, plays a critical role in the development and persistence of …

Women show enhanced proprioceptive target estimation through visual-proprioceptive conflict resolution

AB de Melo, J Landeira-Fernandez… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
To form a unified and coherent perception of the organism's state and its relationship with
the surrounding environment, the nervous system combines information from various …

Beyond body image: Self‐face recognition and negative self‐face evaluations in women at high risk for an eating disorder

J Portingale, I Krug, D Butler - European Eating Disorders …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although one's face represents a core aspect of one's physical appearance, it
remains underexplored in eating disorder (ED) populations. Aims The current study …

Autobiographical memory in feeding and eating disorders: a systematic review

F Frisone, G Brizzi, M Sansoni, AF Di Natale… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Abstract Introduction: Prominent eating disorders (EDs) theories identify a critical
relationship between body and self. One of the ways to study this relationship is through …

Unlocking the potential of virtual reality to expand treatment frontiers for bulimia nervosa: a pilot study to explore the impact of virtual reality-enhanced cognitive …

M Sansoni, G Varallo, C Malighetti, C Tuena… - Virtual Reality, 2024 - Springer
The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a Virtual Reality (VR)
intervention when compared to an integrated multimodal medically managed Inpatient …