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Abnormalities of object visual processing in body dysmorphic disorder.

J D Feusner¹, E Hembacher, H Moller

¹Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jfeusner@mednet.ucla.edu

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Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) exhibit altered brain activity when viewing objects, showing reduced processing of low-detail images and different engagement with high-detail stimuli. This suggests broader visual processing differences beyond appearance-related concerns.

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Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Psychiatry

Background:

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is linked to perceptual distortions, particularly in visual processing of faces.
Previous research indicates imbalances in detailed versus holistic visual processing in BDD.
Neural correlates of processing non-symptom-related stimuli in BDD remain unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if individuals with BDD display abnormal brain activation patterns when viewing non-face/non-body object stimuli.
To examine neural correlates of processing objects with varying spatial frequencies in BDD.

Main Methods:

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to scan 14 participants with BDD and 14 healthy controls.
Participants matched house images varying in spatial frequency: high detail (HSF) and low detail (LSF).
Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal changes were analyzed for group differences.

Main Results:

The BDD group exhibited reduced activation in visual association areas (parahippocampal gyrus, lingual gyrus, precuneus) for LSF (holistic) images.
Increased activation in medial prefrontal regions was observed for HSF (detailed) images in the BDD group.
Greater BDD symptom severity correlated with lower activation in dorsal occipital and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex for normal and HSF images.

Conclusions:

Individuals with BDD demonstrate aberrant brain activation when processing objects, not solely appearance-related stimuli.
Hypoactivity for holistic processing and altered prefrontal engagement for details suggest global-local processing imbalances.
These findings may extend beyond appearance concerns, indicating broader visual processing atypicalities in BDD.