Psychophysics reveals a right hemispheric contribution to body image distortions in women but not men

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2942-2950

  Mohr, Christine ^a   Porter, Gillian ^a   Benton, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Body dissatisfaction; Body schema; Eating disorders; Laterality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548478782     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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