Katerina Fotopoulou's Lab
Katerina Fotopoulou's Lab
The Inaugural Congress for the Internation Association for the study of Affective Touch was held to much success between the 20 and 22nd of March, 2015. Speakers and Chairs: included Emmanuel Bourinet (France), Carissa Cascio (USA), Chris Dijkerman (Netherlands), Katerina…
Katlab research features in an article and on the cover of this week’s edition of the New Scientist: … “Emotional touch is hugely influential in our lives, but some think it shapes a lot more than our day to- day…
We’d like to thank everyone who donated to our NPSA Body Image Campaign. In total, £1,263.98 has been pledged, which we think is an amazing achievement. We hope you enjoyed reading the research digest messages of the day, which will…
Childhood Obesity: Understanding and Preventing Doctors say that obesity is now reaching ‘epidemic’ proportions. According to recent figures from the National Child Measurement Programme, which assesses height and weight of children in England, more than 33% of 11-year-olds and 22%…
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What can neuroimaging studies teach us about gender differences in body image concerns? Concerns about body image are a key feature of eating disorders, which have been the topic of several messages of the day by now. Eating disorders are…
Effects of body image therapy in anorexia nervosa: An fMRI study Beyond self-starvation, Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is characterised by body image disturbance including a misperception of one’s own body size and an extreme dissatisfaction with one’s own body (Vocks et…
Can body image dissatisfaction be reduced by teaching people to be more critical of airbrushed ads? Fashion advertising uses extensively airbrushing technology to change models’ body shape and appearance in general. Hundreds of studies have shown that for the majority…
Enhancing Resilience from Within As humans, we have a continuing experience of our body, so that when we look ourselves in the mirror, when we walk, or when we have a stomach ache we think of these experiences as belonging…