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eural basis of a mechanism producing individual difference about body image

Not Applicable
Conditions
Eating Disorders
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000023488
Lead Sponsor
Tohoku University
Brief Summary

Distinct neural correlates of each component of body-image disturbance were observed. Perceptual disturbance was associated with saliency-detection activation. On the ohter hand, affective disturbance was associated with social-processing activation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
41
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

A person who has previous history of any psychiatric disorders, who has metal in her body, who has strong myopia, who is during pregnancy, who has claustrophobia, who is left-handed.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Distorted body image(evaluation): We'll show distorted pictures of subjects and others to subjects and ask subjects that, "Do you think the woman in this image is fat?" We'll check the difference between subjects' self-evaluation and evaluation of others. We also check brain imaging data.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Distorted body image(estimation): We'll show distorted pictures of subjects to them and have subjects estimate whether or not the picture is fatter than the their actual body image. We'll check the difference between subjects' estimation and the actual image. We also check brain imaging data.
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