Figure 1
From: Psychological and physiological evidence for an initial ‘Rough Sketch’ calculation of personal space
Models of personal space. Qualitative models of variations in discomfort (on the y axis) to an unfamiliar human positioned at different distances from a subject, as a percentage of the subjects’ personal space size (x axis). The dashed vertical line represents the personal space boundary, i.e. 100% of the average SDP value for each subject. The models include a: (a) bubble model, (b) linear gradient model, (c) linear gradient with a threshold, (d) power law, and (e) social equilibrium model. The panels also show the hypothesized changes in discomfort for each model, as variations in red shading (most discomfort = most saturated red).
