Beyond body image: what body schema and motor imagery can tell us about the way patients with anorexia nervosa experience their body
Recent evidence suggests that the body image disturbances often observed in patients with anorexia nervosa also extends to the body schema. According to the embodiment approach, the body schema is not only involved in motor execution, but also in tasks that only require a mental simulation of a movement such as motor imagery, mental rotation of bodies, and visuospatial perspective-taking. The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of patients with anorexia in mentally simulate movements.
The sample included 52 patients with acute anorexia and 62 healthy controls.