The Mirror of Mind: Visualizing Mental Representations of Self Through Reverse Correlation
- Authors
- Moon, Kibum; Kim, SoJeong; Kim, Jinwon; Kim, Hackjin; Ko, Young-gun
- Issue Date
- 12-6월-2020
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Keywords
- self-image; self-perception; facial images; visual representations; classification images; self-esteem; social anxiety; extraversion
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, v.11
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
- Volume
- 11
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/55023
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01149
- ISSN
- 1664-1078
- Abstract
- The reverse correlation (RC) method has been widely used, because it allows visualization of mental representations withouta prioriassumptions about relevant dimensions. We employed the RC method to visualize mental representations of self and examined their relationships with traits related to self-image. For this purpose, 110 participants (70 women) performed a two-image forced choice RC task to generate a classification image of self (self-CI). Participants perceived their self-CIs as bearing a stronger resemblance to themselves than did CIs of others (filler-CIs). Valence ratings of participants who performed the RC task (RC sample) and of 30 independent raters both showed positive correlations with self-esteem, explicit self-evaluation, and extraversion. Moreover, valence ratings of independent raters were negatively correlated with social anxiety symptoms. On the other hand, valence ratings of the RC sample and independent raters were not correlated with depression symptoms, trait anxiety, or social desirability. The results imply that mental representations of self can be properly visualized by using the RC method.
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