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·April 10, 2025·5 min read

Lip Size Shapes Beauty Perception, Preferences Differ by Gender

New research reveals that lip size significantly influences how people perceive facial attractiveness, and these perceptions vary based on gender and exposure. Female participants preferred plumper lips on female faces, while males preferred natural lip size, suggesting gendered beauty standards.

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·September 24, 2024·2 min read

Psilocybin Shows Promise in Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder

A new study reveals that psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may help treat body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) by altering brain connectivity. In a pilot trial, patients with BDD showed significant improvements in symptoms after a single dose of psilocybin, with brain scans indicating increased neural flexibility. Though preliminary, the study suggests that psilocybin could offer new hope for BDD sufferers. Larger studies are needed to confirm its efficacy.

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·November 20, 2022·4 min read

Exercise Addiction Is a Real Mental Health Condition, Yet Still Poorly Understood

Exercise addiction is an obsessive or compulsive desire to exercise, even when it is detrimental to health. Researchers evaluate what causes exercise addiction and focus on methods to curb the compulsion to exercise.

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·November 19, 2022·5 min read

What’s the Connection Between Cosmetic Procedures and Mental Health?

Researchers reveal a higher rate of body dysmorphia, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders in those seeking cosmetic surgery procedures.

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·October 13, 2020·3 min read

Study Links Eating Disorders With Body Dysmorphia

People with eating disorders are up to twelve times more likely to experience body dysmorphia than those without a history of eating disorders. 76% of those with eating disorders report suffering from body dysmorphia, a new study reveals.

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·September 9, 2020·5 min read

People With Anorexia and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Show Brain Similarities and Differences

Those with body dysmorphic disorder and anorexia have abnormalities in activity and connectivity in visual and parietal brain networks. People with anorexia and body dysmorphia process images with high, low, or normal levels of detail. The abnormalities for low level of detail have the most direct relationship with disorder symptom severity and body perception.

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·February 1, 2018·4 min read

Perceptual Pathway That Causes Body Dysmorphia and Increased Risk of Eating Disorders Identified

Researchers have identified a psychological pathway that can lead to body dysmorphia, causing an increased risk of both eating and exercise disorders.

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·July 8, 2016·4 min read

Change Your Perception of Your Body Size in Two Minutes

A new study reports on how the perceptual mechanisms in a person’s brain adapt in response to images of one’s own or other people’s bodies that have been manipulated to look thinner or fatter than they really are.