Human spatial behaviour: The spacing of people, objects and animals in six cross-cultural samples

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 245-280

  Høgh Olesen, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Evolution; Personal space; Proxemics; Proxetics; Psychological universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149084487     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853708X358173     Document Type: Article

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