Modeling the Adaptive Interplay of Epigenetics and Insecurity in Social Media in the Development of Anorexia Nervosa

Charlotte Hoffmans, Jan Treur*, Sophie Hendrikse

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Abstract

Individuals affected by anorexia nervosa (AN), an eating disorder, endure significant suffering. Environmental factors, such as early life stressors, gestational distress, and malnutrition, have been identified as potential contributors to epigenetic changes in genes like NOD1, NEGR1, and PRKAG2, associated with AN. This paper aims to demonstrate, the influence of epigenetics on the development of AN, by introducing a fifth-order adaptive self-modelling network model. Additionally, the model will account for the environmental impact of pro-ana sites, which frequently give harmful advice and encouragement, exacerbating the disorder.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBiologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 2024
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the BICA Society
EditorsAlexei V. Samsonovich, Tingting Liu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages134-145
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783031765162
ISBN (Print)9783031765155, 9783031765186
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event15th Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence, BICA*AI 2024, collocated with the 17th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2024 - Seattle, United States
Duration: 13 Aug 202416 Aug 2024

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
PublisherSpringer
Volume477 SCI
ISSN (Print)1860-949X
ISSN (Electronic)1860-9503
NameBICA: Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Meeting
PublisherSpringer
Volume2024

Conference

Conference15th Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence, BICA*AI 2024, collocated with the 17th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period13/08/2416/08/24

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Keywords

  • Epigenetics, Anorexia Nervosa, Dynamic model

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