Tramacere Antonella
Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH), Jena, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2022 Nov 10;13:949211. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.949211. eCollection 2022.
In philosophical and psychological accounts alike, it has been claimed that mirror gazing is like looking at ourselves others. Social neuroscience and social psychology offer support for this view by showing that we use similar brain and cognitive mechanisms during perception of both others' and our own face. I analyse these premises to investigate the factors affecting the perception of one's own mirror image. I analyse mechanisms and processes involved in face perception, mimicry, and emotion recognition, and defend the following argument: because perception of others' face is affected by our feelings toward them, it is likely that feelings toward ourselves affect our responses to the mirror image. One implication is that negative self-feelings can affect mirror gazing instantiating a vicious cycle where the negative emotional response reflects a previously acquired attitude toward oneself. I conclude by discussing implications of this view for psychology and social studies.
在哲学和心理学论述中，都有人声称照镜子就如同看着自己和他人。社会神经科学和社会心理学通过表明我们在感知他人面孔和自己面孔时使用相似的大脑和认知机制，为这一观点提供了支持。我分析这些前提，以探究影响对自己镜像感知的因素。我分析了面部感知、模仿和情感识别中涉及的机制和过程，并捍卫以下论点：由于对他人面孔的感知会受到我们对他们的感受的影响，那么对自己的感受很可能会影响我们对镜像的反应。一个含义是，负面的自我感受会影响照镜子，从而形成一个恶性循环，其中负面情绪反应反映了先前获得的对自己的态度。最后，我讨论了这一观点对心理学和社会研究的意义。
