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Evidence for a perceptual mechanism relating body size misperception and eating disorder symptoms.

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Abstract
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There are known and serious health risks associated with extreme body weights, including the development of eating disorders. Body size misperceptions are particularly evident in individuals with eating disorders, compared to healthy controls. The present research investigated whether serial dependence, a recently discovered bias in body size judgement, is associated with eating disorder symptomatology. We additionally examined whether this bias operates on holistic body representations or whether it works by distorting specific visual features.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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Eating and weight disorders : EWD
Volume
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24
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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615-621
ISSN Number
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1124-4909
URL
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00653-4
DOI
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10.1007/s40519-019-00653-4
Short Title
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Eat Weight Disord
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