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  2. Body image (neuroscience) - Wikipedia

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    Body image is a complex construct, [1] often used in the clinical context of describing a patient's cognitive perception of their own body. The medical concept began with the work of the Austrian neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder, described in his book The Image and Appearance of the Human Body first published in 1935. [2]

  3. Iribarren number - Wikipedia

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    The Iribarren number which is often denoted as Ir or ξ – is defined as: [5] = ⁡ /, with =, where ξ is the Iribarren number, is the angle of the seaward slope of a structure, H is the wave height, L 0 is the deep-water wavelength, T is the period and g is the gravitational acceleration.

  4. Body image - Wikipedia

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    Venus with a Mirror (1555) by Titian. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] [2] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.

  5. Cortical homunculus - Wikipedia

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    A 2-D model of cortical sensory homunculus. A cortical homunculus (from Latin homunculus 'little man, miniature human' [1] [2]) is a distorted representation of the human body, based on a neurological "map" of the areas and portions of the human brain dedicated to processing motor functions, and/ or sensory functions, for different parts of the body.

  6. Body cathexis - Wikipedia

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    Body cathexis is defined as the degree of satisfaction or dissatisfaction one feels towards various parts and aspects of their own body. [1] This evaluative dimension of body image is dependent on a person's investment of mental and emotional energy in body size, parts, shape, processes, and functions, and is integral to one's sense of self-concept. [2]

  7. Media depictions of body shape - Wikipedia

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    Several studies have shown that race and ethnicity can affect the way women perceive body image. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Women of color often have different perceptions of body image than white women—a difference that may be linked to cultural differences such as family and community experiences and racial or ethnic pride, and other differences ...

  8. Oxidative stress - Wikipedia

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    Oxidative stress mechanisms in tissue injury. Free radical toxicity induced by xenobiotics and the subsequent detoxification by cellular enzymes (termination).. Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or to repair the resulting damage. [1]

  9. Chromosome 2 - Wikipedia

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    SCARNA5: Small Cajal body-specific RNA 5; SDPR: Serum deprivation-response protein; SGOL2: Shugoshin-like 2; SH3BP4: SH3 domain-binding protein 4; SLC9A4: solute carrier family 9 member A4; SLC40A1: solute carrier family 40 (iron-regulated transporter), member 1; SMPD4: Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 4; SP140: encoding protein SP140 nuclear ...