It’s not just vanity, science reveals why we love selfies – News Ragazzi
And it’s not just a matter of vanity: we love selfies so much because images that appear to have been taken by third parties help us better understand the meaning of a particular moment in our lives and bring it back to mind when we look at the photo again. On the other hand, images taken from our personal perspective help us remember the physical sensations we experience during the event. This is evidenced by a review of six studies involving a total of more than 2,100 people. published in the Journal of Social Psychology and Personality Science by an international group of experts led by Zachary Nessi of the University of Tübingen.
“Taking and posting photos is part of everyday life for many people,” says Nessi. “Although these practices are sometimes derided in popular culture, portraits can help people reconnect with their past experiences and build their own narrative.” In short, when we post on Facebook or Instagram, we do it not exclusively for vanity or for the sake of our followers, but also for ourselves. Even a shot at a restaurant can help build the sense we have about ourselves and the perspective from which we do it matters a lot. A close-up of the dish in front of us, for example, will tell the story of the mouth watering at the sight of the tattoo of the dish that has just been brought to us, while a selfie depicting us eating with our partner will serve us well. To say and remember a moment of sharing and living together.
“We’ve found that people have a natural intuition for choosing the perspective they take in in order to get exactly what they want out of a photo,” Nessi adds. However, sometimes it happens that a wrong perspective is obtained, and it is precisely from the discrepancy between the point of view used and the purpose of the image that the feeling of dissatisfaction that sometimes attacks us when looking at certain images.
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