Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples' affect and interoceptive sensibility.

ABSTRACT: Most research on people's representation of space has focused on spatial appraisal and navigation. But there is more to space besides navigation and assessment: people have different emotional experiences at different places, which create emotionally tinged representations of space. Little is known about the emotional representation of space and the factors that shape it. The purpose of this study was to develop a graphic methodology to study the emotional representation of space and some of the environmental features (non-natural vs. natural) and personal features (affective state and interoceptive sensibility) that modulate it. We gave participants blank maps of the region where they lived and asked them to apply shade where they had happy/sad memories, and where they wanted to go after

SUBMITTER: Galvez-Pol A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8352937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature