“Looks do matter”—visual attentional biases in adolescent girls with eating disorders viewing body images

Abstract Visual attention allocation of adolescent girls with and without an eating disorder while viewing body images of underweight, normal-weight and overweight women was studied using eye tracking. While all girls attended more to specific body parts (e.g. hips, upper legs), eating-disordered gi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychiatry research 2012-07, Vol.198 (2), p.321-323
Hauptverfasser:	Horndasch, Stefanie, Kratz, Oliver, Holczinger, Anna, Heinrich, Hartmut, Hönig, Florian, Nöth, Elmar, Moll, Gunther H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult and adolescent clinical studies Attention Attentional bias Biological and medical sciences Body Image - psychology Eating behavior disorders Eating disorder Eye tracking Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology Female Humans Medical sciences Miscellaneous Photic Stimulation - methods Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Visual Perception
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Visual attention allocation of adolescent girls with and without an eating disorder while viewing body images of underweight, normal-weight and overweight women was studied using eye tracking. While all girls attended more to specific body parts (e.g. hips, upper legs), eating-disordered girls showed an attentional bias towards unclothed body parts.
ISSN:	0165-1781 1872-7123
DOI:	10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.029