"Glass fairies" and "bone children": Adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa show positive reactions towards extremely emaciated body pictures measured by the startle reflex paradigm

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-177

  Reichel, Valeska A ^a,b   Schneider, Nora ^a,c   Grünewald, Barbara ^c   Kienast, Thorsten ^a   Pfeiffer, Ernst ^a   Lehmkuhl, Ulrike ^a   Korte, Alexander ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Emotion; Pro Ana; Psychopathological; Startle blink

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, STARTLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892478374     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12160     Document Type: Article

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