Psychological and physiological evidence for an initial ‘Rough Sketch’ calculation of personal space

Abstract Personal space has been defined as “the area individuals maintain around themselves into which others cannot intrude without arousing discomfort”. However, the precise relationship between discomfort (or arousal) responses as a function of distance from an observer remains incompletely unde...

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Main Authors: Roger B. H. Tootell, Sarah L. Zapetis, Baktash Babadi, Zahra Nasiriavanaki, Dylan E. Hughes, Kim Mueser, Michael Otto, Ed Pace-Schott, Daphne J. Holt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99578-1