A beautiful young woman comes into my office for her first appointment. “I’m fine,” she says, “except that I don’t like the way I look. I’m only here because my boyfriend wants me to talk to someone.” ...

We all have things we don't like about our bodies. Things we might change if we could. Sometimes, this might lead to wishful thinking, misguided beauty purchases, and occasional negative self-talk.

Whole brain multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) reveals that seed brain regions including the thalamus [8 -6 8] (yellow), insula [-42 8 -6] (green), inferior parietal lobe (IPL) [-54 -38 38] (red), ...