Research Design Connection: The Shape of Personal Spaces
Yu, Xiong and Lee evaluated the shapes of personal spaces among Chinese people. They report that, “Participants were required to determine their IPS [interpersonal space] in eight directions (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180°, 225°, 270°, 315°) when approached by male or female confederates…IPS was significantly influenced by direction…with the largest distance in the front (0°) and the closest distance in the rear (135°, 180°, 225°)…Participants maintained a larger IPS…with a male confederate than a female confederate…IPS…boundaries could be applied in environmental design, space utilization.” Xiaoqing Yu, Wei Xiong, and Yu-Chi Lee. 2020. “An Investigation Into Interpersonal and Peripersonal Spaces of Chinese People for Different Directions and Genders.” Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00981 Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in …
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