Body-scaled action in obesity during locomotion: Insights on the nature and extent of body representation disturbances
| Autor: | Lorenzo Priano, Nicola Cau, Veronica Cimolin, Manuela Galli, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Federica Scarpina, Alessandro Mauro, Paolo Capodaglio, Lucia Pianta, Stefania Corti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Body schema Unconscious mind media_common.quotation_subject Settore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICA 3D movement analysis Action Body image Obesity Clinical Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health Rotation 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences media_common 05 social sciences Cognition Body Dysmorphic Disorders medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Physical body Action (philosophy) Female Psychology Locomotion 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Body Image |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 102:34-40 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3999 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.09.004 |
| Popis: | Objective Conscious perception of our own body, also known as body image, can influence body-scaled actions. Certain conditions such as obesity are frequently accompanied by a negative body image, leaving open the question if body-scaled actions are distorted in these individuals. Methods To shed light on this issue, we asked individuals affected by obesity to process dimensions of their own body in a real action: they walked in a straight-ahead direction, while avoiding collision with obstacles represented by door-like openings that varied in width. Results Participants affected by obesity showed a body rotation behavior similar to that of the healthy weighted, but differences emerged in parameters such as step length and velocity. Conclusion When participants with obesity walk through door-like openings, their body parts rotation is scaled according to their physical body dimensions; however, they might try to minimize risk of collision. Our study is in line with the hypothesis that unconscious body-scaled actions are related to emotional, cognitive and perceptual components of a negative body image. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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