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Temporomesial activation associates with perceptions of body image.
2004 JAN 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Temporomesial activation associates with perceptions of body image.
"Previous behavioral studies suggest that people who have an abnormal eating behavior may perceive information concerning body image distortion more aversively than others. We performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study on 15 young women, using an emotional decision task including unpleasant words concerning body image and neutral words. The left amygdala and right parahippocampal gyrus were activated by unpleasant words concerning body image relative to neutral words," scientists in Japan report.
"In addition, activation of the right parahippocampal gyrus was negatively correlated with the severity of psychological and behavioral problems assessed by the Eating Disorder Inventory-2. This activation also positively correlated with the subjects' rating of pleasantness of words concerning body image," wrote N. Shirao and colleagues, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical Science.
"These results demonstrated that the temporomesial area ...
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