Abstract
Personal space, as defined by the distance that people prefer to maintain from others, is determined by trait-like, individual preference and contextual factors. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice of “social distancing” has been adopted to decrease the likelihood of virus transmission, but it is unknown whether personal space preferences (which have high test-retest reliability) have been altered as a result. Here we measured personal space characteristics in healthy individuals using the well validated Stop Distance Paradigm (SDP), at two time points: before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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