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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·December 13, 2022·3 min read

          A Handy Lesson About Pain and the Brain in Stroke Survivors

          Following a stroke, chronic pain can alter body perception and trick the brain into believing the affected hand is a different size. This increases the risk of accidents.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·November 12, 2021·4 min read

          Psychologists Reveal How We Truly See Ourselves by Generating ‘Mental Selfies’

          Researchers have devised a method to access people's mental images of themselves and compare this mental image against a realistic image of the person. The study revealed people's mental images of themselves are not necessarily true to life, but are influenced by the kind of personality the individual believes themselves to have.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience
          ·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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          The amygdala is highlighted in this brain scan
          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·March 12, 2019·5 min read

          Fear center in the brain protects against illusions

          Researchers report inhibited activity of the amygdala makes people more susceptible to deception when it comes to illusory perception. The study suggests the amygdala might help to protect us against distortions in self-perception.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·November 15, 2018·4 min read

          Social Media’s Negative Impact on How We View Our Bodies

          According to researchers, social media use in young women can have a negative impact on the way they view their own bodies and appearance. The study reports women who engage with photos of friends they consider to be more attractive than themselves feel worse about their own appearance directly after viewing.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·June 30, 2018·4 min read

          Sound of Moving Objects Change Perceptions of Body Size

          Researchers report a mismatch between the predicted and actual outcome of an action can alter body perception, making a person feel taller.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·January 10, 2018·3 min read

          Our Brains Can Trick Us Into Thinking We Are Thinner Than We Are

          University of Western Australia discover why some people believe they may be thinner than they actually are. Researchers report body perception could be a distortion created by our past observations of ourselves and other people.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience
          ·July 18, 2017·4 min read

          Hearing a Sound Can Alter Perception of Finger Size

          Hearing ascending sounds causes people to estimate the length of their fingers to be longer than when they hear a descending or constant sound, report UCL researchers.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·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.
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          Drawings of women's bodies. One has an apple overlaided and the other a pear.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·November 14, 2015·6 min read

          Women With Apple Shaped Bodies More Prone to Binge Eating

          According to a new study, women with apple shaped bodies may be at higher risk of binge eating episodes.
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          This image shows an overweight man's tummy with a measuring tape around it.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·August 6, 2015·1 min read

          Knowing You’re Overweight May Lead to Further Weight Gain

          According to a new study, those who are aware they are overweight or obese might gain more weight than those who are unaware of their weight problems.
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          This is an MRI scan of the brain with the hippocampus located with a cross hair.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·March 10, 2014·3 min read

          Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us

          Researchers demonstrate the close relationship between body perception and our ability to store new memories.
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          Novel Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Shows Promise

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