The shape of personal space
- Publikationstyp:
- Zeitschriftenaufsatz
- Metadaten:
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- Autoren
- Heiko Hecht
- Robin Welsch
- Jana Viehoff
- Matthew R Longo
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000458711600012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.12.009
- eISSN
- 1873-6297
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: HL4RU
- PubMed Identifier: 30622020
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- Zeitschrift
- ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA
- Schlüsselwörter
- Interpersonal distance
- Space perception
- Gender
- Paginierung
- 113 - 122
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- The shape of personal space
- Sub types
- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 193
Datenquelle: Web of Science (Lite)
- Andere Metadatenquellen:
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- Autoren
- Heiko Hecht
- Robin Welsch
- Jana Viehoff
- Matthew R Longo
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.12.009
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- Zeitschrift
- Acta Psychologica
- Sprache
- en
- Paginierung
- 113 - 122
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- Elsevier BV
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.12.009
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2024
- Titel
- The shape of personal space
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 193
Datenquelle: Crossref
- Abstract
- The notion of a personal space surrounding one's ego-center is time-honored. However, few attempts have been made to measure the shape of this space. With increasing use of virtual environments, the question has arisen if real-world aspects, such as gender-effects or the shape of personal space, translate to virtual setups. We conducted two experiments, one with real people matched according to body height and level of acquaintance in a large laboratory setting, and one where subjects faced a virtual character, likewise matched to their body height. The first experiment also used a mannequin in place of the second human observer. The second experiment additionally manipulated the perspective of the subject to compare estimates of interpersonal distance between an egocentric and an allocentric perspective (in third-person view). Subjects approached (or were approached) from different angles until a comfortable distance for conversation with a stranger was reached (stop-distance task). Personal space turned out to be rather circular with a radius of about 1 m. Male pairs kept larger distances from one another than female or mixed-gender pairs. All subjects assumed larger distances to the mannequin compared to the real observer. Very comparable distances were preferred to the avatar in the virtual environment. Also, it did not matter whether the subject was engaged in active approach, was approached, or merely adjusted the distance between two avatars. Implications for theories of personal space are discussed.
- Addresses
- Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany.
- Autoren
- Heiko Hecht
- Robin Welsch
- Jana Viehoff
- Matthew R Longo
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.12.009
- eISSN
- 1873-6297
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 30622020
- Open access
- false
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- Zeitschrift
- Acta psychologica
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Communication
- Personal Space
- Interpersonal Relations
- Space Perception
- Sex Factors
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Middle Aged
- Female
- Male
- Young Adult
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Print-Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2019
- Paginierung
- 113 - 122
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2019
- Titel
- The shape of personal space.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 193
Datenquelle: Europe PubMed Central
- Abstract
- The notion of a personal space surrounding one's ego-center is time-honored. However, few attempts have been made to measure the shape of this space. With increasing use of virtual environments, the question has arisen if real-world aspects, such as gender-effects or the shape of personal space, translate to virtual setups. We conducted two experiments, one with real people matched according to body height and level of acquaintance in a large laboratory setting, and one where subjects faced a virtual character, likewise matched to their body height. The first experiment also used a mannequin in place of the second human observer. The second experiment additionally manipulated the perspective of the subject to compare estimates of interpersonal distance between an egocentric and an allocentric perspective (in third-person view). Subjects approached (or were approached) from different angles until a comfortable distance for conversation with a stranger was reached (stop-distance task). Personal space turned out to be rather circular with a radius of about 1 m. Male pairs kept larger distances from one another than female or mixed-gender pairs. All subjects assumed larger distances to the mannequin compared to the real observer. Very comparable distances were preferred to the avatar in the virtual environment. Also, it did not matter whether the subject was engaged in active approach, was approached, or merely adjusted the distance between two avatars. Implications for theories of personal space are discussed.
- Date of acceptance
- 2018
- Autoren
- Heiko Hecht
- Robin Welsch
- Jana Viehoff
- Matthew R Longo
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30622020
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.12.009
- eISSN
- 1873-6297
- Zeitschrift
- Acta Psychol (Amst)
- Schlüsselwörter
- Gender
- Interpersonal distance
- Space perception
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Communication
- Female
- Humans
- Interpersonal Relations
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personal Space
- Sex Factors
- Space Perception
- Young Adult
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- Netherlands
- Paginierung
- 113 - 122
- PII
- S0001-6918(18)30202-6
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2019
- Status
- Published
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2019
- Titel
- The shape of personal space.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 193
Datenquelle: PubMed
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