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"There may be a general bias towards perceiving the body to be wider than it is.” - Dr Michael Longo
The brain's warped "model" of the hand could be extrapolated to the rest of the body, especially those which have “high tactile sensitivity”, Dr Longo said.
The oversized body model could be particularly exaggerated in women who are anxious that parts of their bodies, such as their thighs or stomach, are too big, Dr Longo said.
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Symptoms of depression and eating disorders were significantly correlated with disorder-specific implicit associations but not attentional biases.
Neuroplasticity
Happiness set point
Growth-mindset
Did you know that Michael Jordan was cut from his High School Basketball Team? What set him apart was his will to succeed. He had a growth-mindset.
As we practice gratitude, optimism and self-compassion the neurons in our brain form more connections, and the area of the brain grows and becomes stronger. Over time, this alteration in our brain can change our set point of happiness.
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However, only those individuals with highly developed body weight self-schemas (Schematics) showed a clear and
consistent discrimination in their responses across stimulus domains. It is hypothesized that a body weight self-schema has both universalistic and particularistic aspects. All individuals have some conception of their body image (universalistic aspect), but there is considerable variation in the way they will process stimuli with reference to body weight. Only those with a particularistic schema will show consistent discriminations in their responses in the body weight domain and will use relevance to one's body weight as a selective mechanism in processing a variety of stimuli.
Physically it’s to focus our attention on a specific sensory stimulus. To focus on one thing at a time is useful. It prevent our brains from being bombarded with multiple sensory inputs and data to process. In terms of survival, something that makes a sound or becomes visible attracts our attention. The attentional bias is about this natural propensity that can blind us to other things in our surroundings.
Example: ow many house fires have there been in your town over the last decade? How many houses are there? Do the maths, and you'll soon wish you ran an insurance company. The key point is not how many house fires there were. It's how many house fires there weren't.
Practical Application: Win an argument using their evidence. Accusing someone of Attentional Bias is a great way to undermine their argument. As soon as your opponent says "What about when [insert event] happened?", you can instantly counter with "What about when [insert the same event] didn't happen?" and then accuse them of displaying Attentional Bias.
Summary of Attentional Bias: If you think someone is not considering all the possible outcomes of a situation when making a decision, tell him his thinking is affected by Attentional Bias.
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Definition: Confirmation Bias occurs when someone has reached a conclusion and shapes the evidence — either knowingly or unknowingly — to make it fit.
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We aimed to review morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience
considerable social exclusion: homeless populations, individuals with substance use disorders, sex workers, and
imprisoned individuals
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This study extends previous demonstrations that thin media models have a negative impact on young women’s body image by examining how this effect occurs.
In summary, there were three main findings.
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Background
A Cognitive-Interpersonal Maintenance Model maintenance model for anorexia nervosa was described in 2006. This model proposed that cognitive, socio-emotional and interpersonal elements acted together to both cause and maintain eating disorders.
Results
[...] There are wide-ranging impairments in socio-emotional processing including: an automatic bias in attention towards critical and domineering faces and away from compassionate faces; impaired signalling of, interpretation and regulation of emotions.
Method
A review of the empirical literature relating to the key constructs of the model (cognitive, socio-emotional, interpersonal) risk and maintaining factors for anorexia nervosa was conducted.
Conclusion
The cognitive interpersonal model is supported by accumulating evidence. The model is complex in that cognitive and socio-emotional factors both predispose to the illness and are exaggerated in the ill state. Furthermore, some of the traits are inherited vulnerabilities and are present in family members. The clinical formulations from the model are described as are new possibilities for targeted treatment.
Rather than striving to achieve perfection, the present study suggests that individuals with BID are characterized by a strong need to avoid appearing imperfect to others.
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The Implicit Association Test is a very interesting online test (by Harvard) that reveals implicit biases you have against various groups. To do the test yourself, click "go to Demonstration Tests" and then select the "Weight IAT" to find out whether you have a bias.
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Great resource
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