Eating Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
We have subjects do 2 tasks, body image estimation task and body image evaluation task. In body image estimation task, subjects will look at their distorted pictures and they will be answer a questio
Do you think the body image in the picture is fatter than actual your body image?"
In body image evaluation task, subjects will look at distorted pictures of them and other people. And they will answer a question about each picture. The question is that, "
Do you think the woman in this picture is fat?"
ll have subjects do these 2 tasks for 2 times.
Sponsors
Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy right-handed female in undergraduate schools or graduate schools
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A person who has previous history of any psychiatric disorders, who has metal in her body, who has strong myopia, who is during pregnancy, who has claustrophobia, who is left-handed.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Distorted body image(evaluation): We'll show distorted pictures of subjects and others to subjects and ask subjects that, "Do you think the woman in this image is fat?" We'll check the difference between subjects' self-evaluation and evaluation of others. We also check brain imaging data. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Distorted body image(estimation): We'll show distorted pictures of subjects to them and have subjects estimate whether or not the picture is fatter than the their actual body image. We'll check the difference between subjects' estimation and the actual image. We also check brain imaging data. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYumi Hamamoto
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed