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What ‘personal space’ looks like around the world: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/24/how-close-is-too-close-depends-on-where-you-live
by settsu 7y ago
What ‘personal space’ looks like around the world: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/24/how-close-is-too-close-depends-on-where-you-live/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/24...
Relatedly? "...an intact amygdala is necessary for feelings of discomfort following personal space violations, thus helping to automatically regulate interpersonal distance." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123873/
(Also, for those curious: Space Invaders: Personal Space and Autism "...it is possible that a dysfunction in the amygdala contributes to problems in maintaining an appropriate social distance in autism." - https://www.iancommunity.org/ssc/personal-space-autism https://www.iancommunity.org/ssc/personal-space-autism)