How the unconscious mind controls body movements: Body schema distortion in anorexia nervosa.
Nina BeckmannPatricia BaumannStephan HerpertzJörg TrojanMartin DiersPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2020)
As stated by the "allocentric-lock"-hypothesis, AN patients might be locked to a stored representation of their body that cannot be updated and remains at pre-AN conditions. We suggest future AN-therapy to counter body schema alterations by combining cognitive behavioral therapy and virtual reality therapy.