@book{item_3182504,
  title = {{The Role of Visual Cues in Body Size Estimation}},
  abstract = {{Our body is central to what we define as our self. The mental representation of our physical appearance, often called body image, can have a great influence on our psychological health. Given the increase in body mass index worldwide and the societal pressure to conform to body ideals, it is important to gain a better understanding of the nature of body representations and factors that play a role in body size estimation tasks. This doctoral thesis takes a multifaceted approach for investigating the role of different visual cues in the estimation of own body size and shape by using a variety of experimental methods and novel state-of-the-art computer graphics methods. Two visual cues were considered: visual perspective and identity cues in the visual appearance of a body (shape, and color-information), as well as their interactions with own body size and gender. High ecological validity was achieved by testing body size estimation in natural settings, when looking into a mirror, and by generating biometrically plausible virtual bodies based on 3D body scans and statistical body models, and simulating real-world scenarios in immersive virtual reality.}},
  volume = {56},
  pages = {204},
  series = {{MPI Series in Biological Cybernetics}},
  publisher = {Logos Verlag},
  address = {Berlin, Germany},
  year = {2019},
  slug = {item_3182504},
  author = {Thaler, A}
}