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DISTORTED BODY IMAGE AND BRAIN

Study: Human Brain Naturally Distorts Body Image

Scientists from University College Londondiscovered that the brain naturally distorts body image, which could explain certain eating disorders, BBC News reports.

In the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Matthew Longo and his colleagues asked 18 volunteers to put their left hands palm down under a board and predict the location of their hand's knuckles and fingertips using a pointer.

For more...http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/06/16/study-human-brain-naturally-distorts-body-image/