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Geographical psychology examines links between location and psychological phenomena, such as how and why personality traits, life satisfaction, and social behavior differ from place to place—or...
Nira Liberman. Tel Aviv University. What is the difference between far and further? Investigations into such psychological distancing— removal from an egocentric reference point—have suggested similarities between geographical space, time, probability, and social distance.
19 lut 2021 · Unlike other cost measures, the cognitive distance estimate integrates systematically observed distortions and biases in spatial cognition. As a proof-of-concept, the framework is implemented for 26 cities worldwide using open data, producing a novel comparative measure of ‘cognitive accessibility’.
14 mar 2020 · Psychological distance is a tool for assessing the fit or integration between the perceptual subject and object, which is an important determinant of whether primary, essential characteristics or secondary, peripheral characteristics are used as the basis for evaluation.
15 mar 2019 · According to Maglio et al. , the distance-from-a-distance theory predicts that a certain distance should feel shorter after an initial exposure to a large- vs. a short-distance priming. This prediction is tested by assessing the perception of a taxi trip in a remote vs. a distant location.
Unlike other cost measures, the cognitive distance estimate integrates systematically observed dis-tortions and biases in spatial cognition. As a proof-of-concept, the framework is implemented for 26 cities worldwide using open data, producing a novel compara-tive measure of ‘cognitive accessibility’.
Psychological distance is defined within the Construal-Level Theory (CLT), which was developed by Trope and Liberman . Their first approach referred only to the temporal distance and assumed that we judge a more distant event in time by few abstract characteristics ( high - level construal ).
