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  • Ophthalmology

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  • Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is associated with distorted self-perception.
  • Existing research suggests abnormalities in visual processing in BDD patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the model of aberrant visual perception in BDD.
  • To identify how visual processing deficits contribute to BDD symptoms.
  • To inform the development of novel therapeutic interventions for BDD.

Main Methods:

  • Phenomenological observations in individuals with BDD.
  • Review of neuropsychological, psychophysical, and neuroimaging studies.
  • Analysis of visual processing characteristics: global/holistic vs. detail/local processing, and visual-attentional biases.

Main Results:

  • BDD is characterized by deficient global/holistic visual processing and enhanced detail/local processing.
  • Selective visual-attentional biases are observed in individuals with BDD.
  • These visual processing alterations may underlie distorted appearance perception and misinterpretation of social cues.

Conclusions:

  • Aberrant visual perception is a key feature of BDD.
  • Understanding these visual deficits can guide the development of interventions like perceptual retraining.
  • Further research using high-temporal-resolution neuroimaging and multisensory integration studies is needed to fully understand visual perception in BDD.