Body dysmorphia plays a key role in anorexia and other eating disorders. People may be afraid of gaining weight and believe that their body is larger than it actually is. Body dysmorphia is a ...

Images provided by A. Mello, et al. A case report showed what may be the first realistic visualizations of the face distortions experienced by a patient with prosopometamorphopsia (PMO). The ...

How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Distorted perceptions of relationships can be dangerous for ...

For the second time, a case of glioblastoma has been linked to Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can cause distorted perceptions. The 63-year-old man's tumor was in an ...

Schizotypal personality disorder is a cluster A personality disorder that involves various symptoms. These symptoms include difficulty in relationships, atypical thinking and behavior, and a distorted ...