A novel technique for improving bodily experience in a non-operable super-super obesity case

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Serino, Silvia ^a,b   Scarpina, Federica ^a,c   Keizer, Anouk ^d   Pedroli, Elisa ^a   Dakanalis, Antonios ^e,f   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^a,b   Chirico, Alice ^b   Novelli, Margherita ^a   Gaudio, Santino ^g,h   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bodily illusion; Body dissatisfaction; Body size distortions; Super super obesity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979675916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00837     Document Type: Article

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