The lecture “From Anorexia Nervosa to Obesity: A Brain Blind to Major Physical Changes, ” presented by Morgane Metral, associate professor at the Inter-University Laboratory of Psychology – Personality, Cognition, Social Change (LIP-PC2S), Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Humanities, will take place on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 7:00 PM in Faverges-Seythenex. PLEASE NOTE: change of venue; the lecture will take place at La Soierie and not at the cultural space La Forge.
EVENT CANCELED. THE LECTURE WILL BE STREAMED ONLINE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SAVOIE MONT BLANC’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
About the conference
Despite significant weight loss and a thin body, people with anorexia nervosa generally feel fatter than they actually are. More surprisingly, they move as if this were actually the case. Despite having opposite weight issues, recent studies suggest a parallel between obesity and anorexia nervosa. Indeed, patients with obesity also exhibit significant weight fluctuations, associated with an overestimation of body size, as well as atypical movements. What are the common dysfunctions that could contribute to the overestimation of body size in these two conditions? This will lead us to discuss our brain’s “blindness” to major bodily changes.