The present research project aims to verify a possible difference in the recalibration of the real hand position (i.e. proprioceptive drift) in relation to the dimensions of the plastic hand in the Rubber Hand Illusion, among a group of female participants with anorexia nervosa compared with a normal weight control group.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
28
The traditional behavioural illusion of the Rubber Hand will be applied
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Ospedale San Giuseppe
Piancavallo, VCO, Italy
Proprioceptive drift in centimeters
the recalibration of the real hand position towards the rubber hand
Time frame: baseline
Score at the Embodiment questionnaires
the score relative to the questionnaire measuring the individual experience towards the illusion. The higher is the score, the higher is the sense of illusion explicitely reported by participants.
Time frame: Baseline
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