There’s something ironic about poking around in a person’s brain to learn about their sense of personal space...
Interesting.
My sense of personal space is about one planet.
Looks like another case of nature versus nurture, to me.
“Personal space” is largely cultural, and therefore learned, in my experience.
When I first moved to the outer ‘burbs down here, I’d get annoyed in the local stores, because I honestly could not distinguish, between people standing around shooting the breeze, and people who were standing in line for the cash register.
It’s still hard to tell, but I’ve learned if they’re facing the register, they’re probably in line, even though they’re spread out with three feet or more between them. They’ll line up to the back of the store, to maintain this spacing. It’s really sort of odd, but I’ve gotten accustomed.
Shanghai, China people must have a different kind of brain then.
A guy I knew in college was from pre-rev Iran. We about touched noses when he talked. Freaked me out at first. Are their brains different or is it just cultural. He appeared to have NO personal space.
There is a lot more to our “personal space” area than meets the eye.
That is, in some traditional cultures, personal space defines an area within an energetic “shell” that surrounds living organisms. This shell is vital, because it protects our internal energies from the “energy at large” that surrounds the shell. In short, when the shell is ripped open, we are severely traumatized, and unless we can repair it, we die.
Such shells tend to interfere with each other, as two people approach each other, and many people can “feel” them contacting, followed by the mild discomfort of someone in your personal space. The shells can also be deformed, by injury, illness, or incapacity.
There are all sorts of attributions assigned to these shells in different cultures. But unlike the active energy within our bodies, the shells are rather dull containers, imagine a large inflated ball of plastic wrap.
It is my understanding that the tendency toward liberalism has also been located. It is found in the part of the brain known as the rectal lobe.
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