Permeability Theory in a Social Environment: Comment on Stamps (2013). Issue 1 (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Yang; Zheng, Rui; Sun, Yan
• Is Part Of: Perceptual and motor skills. Volume 119:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 254
• Page End: 257
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Perception -- Periodicals; Motor ability -- Periodicals; Motor Skills; Perception; Psychology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 152
• DOI: 10.2466/24.27.PMS.119c10z5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-5125

Abstract

Stamps (2013) reported that the visual permeability of a boundary strongly influenced perceived enclosure, while boundary depth had almost no effect. Specifically, Stamps found that perceived enclosure demonstrates a highly negative correlation with distal permeability, a moderately negative correlation with proximate permeability, and a very low positive correlation with distal distance. The present comment suggests that environmental properties may affect physical perception, mental processes, and human behavior – not only in a physical but also in a social environment.