Linguistic embodiment in typical and atypical anorexia nervosa: Evidence from an image-word matching task.
Paolo MeneguzzoDavid Dal BrunEnrico CollantoniValentina MeregalliPatrizia TodiscoAngela FavaroElena TenconiPublished in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2023)
Specific embodied cognition linked to body schema seems to be impaired in persons with AN. The longitudinal analysis showed a difference between AN and AAN only in the underweight condition, suggesting the presence of an abnormal linguistic embodiment. More attention should be devoted to embodiment during AN treatment to improve bodily cognition, which might, in turn, diminish body misperception.