Who am I? How do I look? Neural differences in self-identity in anorexia nervosa

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-21

  McAdams, Carrie J ^a   Krawczyk, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Eating disorders; Identity; Mentalization; Precuneus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRECUNEUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CINGULATE; EATING DISORDERS; IDENTITY; MENTALIZATION; PRECUNEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891289459     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss093     Document Type: Article

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