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...

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Autores principales:	Alejandro Galvez-Pol, Marcos Nadal, James M. Kilner
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:088a7021342c4d5ba59230199e8ab8d22021-12-02T19:06:38ZEmotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility10.1038/s41598-021-95081-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/088a7021342c4d5ba59230199e8ab8d22021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95081-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract 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 Covid-19 lockdown. Participants also completed self-reports on affective state and interoceptive sensibility. By adapting methods for analyzing neuroimaging data, we examined shaded pixels to quantify where and how strong emotions are represented in space. The results revealed that happy memories were consistently associated with similar spatial locations. Yet, this mapping response varied as a function of participants’ affective state and interoceptive sensibility. Certain regions were associated with happier memories in participants whose affective state was more positive and interoceptive sensibility was higher. The maps of happy memories, desired locations to visit after lockdown, and regions where participants recalled happier memories as a function of positive affect and interoceptive sensibility overlayed significantly with natural environments. These results suggest that people’s emotional representations of their environment are shaped by the naturalness of places, and by their affective state and interoceptive sensibility.Alejandro Galvez-PolMarcos NadalJames M. KilnerNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Alejandro Galvez-Pol Marcos Nadal James M. Kilner Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility
description	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 Covid-19 lockdown. Participants also completed self-reports on affective state and interoceptive sensibility. By adapting methods for analyzing neuroimaging data, we examined shaded pixels to quantify where and how strong emotions are represented in space. The results revealed that happy memories were consistently associated with similar spatial locations. Yet, this mapping response varied as a function of participants’ affective state and interoceptive sensibility. Certain regions were associated with happier memories in participants whose affective state was more positive and interoceptive sensibility was higher. The maps of happy memories, desired locations to visit after lockdown, and regions where participants recalled happier memories as a function of positive affect and interoceptive sensibility overlayed significantly with natural environments. These results suggest that people’s emotional representations of their environment are shaped by the naturalness of places, and by their affective state and interoceptive sensibility.
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title	Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility
title_short	Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility
title_full	Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility
title_fullStr	Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility
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Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples’ affect and interoceptive sensibility

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