distorting-photograph procedure

a procedure for assessing body-size perception that asks individuals to indicate their size by adjusting a photographic self-image so that it appears withing a range of 20% over or under their actual size. Discrepancy between the body size in the selected image and that of an accurate image is used as an index of perceptual distortion of body size.

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February 1st 2025

parafovea

n. the region of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea centralis.