The effect of negative emotion processing on spatial navigation: an experimental study using virtual reality.

ABSTRACT: Finding one's way in unfamiliar environments is an essential ability. When navigating, people are overwhelmed with an enormous amount of information. However, some information might be more relevant than others. Despite the mounting knowledge about the mechanisms underlying orientational skills, and the notable effects of facial emotions on human behavior, little is known about emotions' effects on spatial navigation. Hereby, this study aimed to explore how exposure to others' negative emotional facial expressions affects wayfinding performances. Moreover, gender differences that characterize both processes were considered. Fifty-five participants (31 females) entered twice in three realistic virtual reality environments: the first time, to encode a route to find an object and then to reca

SUBMITTER: Mohamed Aly L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808736 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature