Separate research lines have shown that the way we process spatial information is influenced by individual factors, such as personality traits and basic spatial abilities. Alongside, recent studies suggest that environmental landmarks can be represented differently depending on their emotional content. However, to our knowledge, no study has addressed so far the issue of whether there is a relationship between individual factors and the way we represent and use spatial information that conveys emotional content. Therefore, this exploratory study aimed to (i) investigate the relationship between personality traits and the use of spatial strategies in relation to emotional stimuli; (ii) investigate if a different pattern emerges according to a body- or object-based spatial encodings. After watching movies of routes characterized by positive, negative, or neutral landmarks, participants performed a “route continuation” (RC, i.e., left/right decision) and a “distance comparison” task (DC, i.e., what was the landmark closest to X?). Furthermore, participants performed a mental rotation task (MR), the Corsi block tapping (CBT), and the Bergen right-left discrimination tests (B-RL). Personality traits were assessed through the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI). Results showed that a better performance at the RC task was associated with higher scores at CBT tasks in the positive condition and at B-RL test and agreeableness scale from TIPI in both positive and neutral conditions. Instead, the MR task positively correlated with the DC task in all conditions. In sum, individuals’ spatial abilities, personality traits, and task requests influenced the way emotionally laden landmarks were memorized.

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情感地标、空间能力和人格特质之间的关系：一项探索性研究。


单独的研究表明，我们处理空间信息的方式受到个体因素的影响，例如个性特征和基本空间能力。此外，最近的研究表明，环境地标可以根据其情感内容以不同的方式表示。然而，据我们所知，迄今为止还没有研究解决个体因素与我们表示和使用传达情感内容的空间信息的方式之间是否存在关系的问题。因此，这项探索性研究的目的是（i）调查人格特质与情绪刺激相关的空间策略的使用之间的关系； (ii) 研究是否根据基于身体或基于物体的空间编码出现不同的模式。在观看以积极、消极或中性地标为特征的路线电影后，参与者执行“路线延续”（RC，即左/右决策）和“距离比较”任务（DC，即最接近的地标是什么） X？）。此外，参与者还进行了心理旋转任务（MR）、Corsi 块敲击（CBT）和卑尔根左右辨别测试（B-RL）。人格特质通过十项人格量表（TIPI）进行评估。结果表明，在积极条件下，RC 任务的更好表现与 CBT 任务的较高得分相关，在积极和中性条件下，B-RL 测试和 TIPI 宜人量表得分较高。相反，在所有条件下，MR 任务都与 DC 任务呈正相关。总而言之，个人的空间能力、个性特征和任务要求影响着充满情感的地标的记忆方式。