TY - JOUR
T1 - Beauty and the beast
T2 - Psychobiologic and evolutionary perspectives on body dysmorphic disorder
AU - Stein, Dan J.
AU - Carey, Paul D.
AU - Warwick, James
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterized by preoccupation with a defect in appearance. Concepts of beauty play a particularly crucial role in humans' mental and social life, and may have specific psychobiologic and evolutionary underpinnings. In particular, there is a growing literature on the neurocircuitry underpinning the body schema, body image and facial expression processing, and aesthetic and symmetry judgments. Speculatively, disruptions in cognitive-affective processes relevant to judgments about physical beauty lead to BDD.
AB - Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterized by preoccupation with a defect in appearance. Concepts of beauty play a particularly crucial role in humans' mental and social life, and may have specific psychobiologic and evolutionary underpinnings. In particular, there is a growing literature on the neurocircuitry underpinning the body schema, body image and facial expression processing, and aesthetic and symmetry judgments. Speculatively, disruptions in cognitive-affective processes relevant to judgments about physical beauty lead to BDD.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33745317592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1092852900014590
DO - 10.1017/S1092852900014590
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C2 - 16816779
AN - SCOPUS:33745317592
SN - 1092-8529
VL - 11
SP - 419
EP - 422
JO - CNS Spectrums
JF - CNS Spectrums
IS - 6
ER -