Abstract：
In Chinese culture, the mother holds a special meaning in one\'s self-concept, and is perceived as being stablyincorporated into and consistent with the self. However, it is unclear whether the evaluation of mothers by individuals is affected following the initiation of upward and downward social comparisons (USC and DSC). This experiment manipulated USC and DSC by evaluating positive and negative public figures and used functional near-infrared spectroscopy to record changes in brain activity during the evaluation. It was found that participants\' evaluations of their mothers and their brain activity did not differ from the self during USC, verifying the equivalence of the mother and the self. In DSC, participants made significantly more positive social judgments about their mothers, accompanied by greater activation of the left temporal lobe. These results suggest that the mother was not only stably incorporated into the self but was in a position of even greater importance than the self. In DSC in particular, individuals are more likely to maintain a positive image of their mother.
摘要：
在中国文化中,母亲在一个人的自我概念中具有特殊的含义，被认为是稳定地融入自我并与自我保持一致。然而,尚不清楚在启动向上和向下社会比较(USC和DSC)后,个体对母亲的评价是否受到影响.该实验通过评估阳性和阴性公众人物来操纵USC和DSC，并使用功能近红外光谱法记录评估过程中大脑活动的变化。研究发现，参与者对母亲和大脑活动的评估与南加州大学期间的自我没有差异，验证母亲和自我的等价性。在DSC中，参与者对他们的母亲做出了更积极的社会判断，伴随着左侧颞叶的更大激活。这些结果表明，母亲不仅稳定地融入了自我，而且处于比自我更重要的位置。特别是在DSC中，个人更有可能保持母亲的正面形象。
