The lecture "From anorexia nervosa to obesity, a brain blind to major body changes", presented by Morgane Metral, senior lecturer at the Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie - Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social (LIP-PC2S), UFR Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines, will take place on Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 6pm at theUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc in Chambéry . The conference will be broadcast online on the university's YouTube channel.
It will also be held on Thursday March 18, 2021 at 7pm in Faverges-Seythenex.
About the conference
Despite significant weight loss and a slimmer body, people suffering from anorexia nervosa generally feel fatter than they are. More surprisingly, they move as if this were actually the case. Despite their opposite weight problems, recent research suggests a parallel between obesity and anorexia nervosa. Patients suffering from obesity also exhibit major weight variations, associated with body overestimation and atypical movements. What common dysfunctions could contribute to the over-dimensioning of body representation in these two pathologies? This will lead us to discuss our brain's blindness to major body modifications.