Spatial anxiety is a sense of anxiety an individual experiences while processing environmental information contained in one's geographical space (in the sense of Montello's classification of space),[1] with the purpose of navigation and orientation through that space (usually unfamiliar, or very little known).[2] Spatial anxiety is also linked to the feeling of stress regarding the anticipation of a spatial-content related performance task[3][4] (such as mental rotation, spatial perception, spatial visualisation, object location memory, dynamic spatial ability).[5] Particular cases of spatial anxiety can result in a more severe form of distress, as in agoraphobia.[6]
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leaving a store that you have been to for the first time and deciding which way to turn to get to a destination" "finding your way around in an unfamiliar mall
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how do you feel being asked to say which direction is right or left? "how do you feel when you are asked to point to a certain place on a map, like this one?" "how do you feel when you have to solve a maze like this in one minute?
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- ^ Zucchelli, Micaela Maria; Piccardi, Laura; Nori, Raffaella (2021-06-16). "The Fear to Move in a Crowded Environment. Poor Spatial Memory Related to Agoraphobic Disorder". Brain Sciences. 11 (6): 796. doi:10.3390/brainsci11060796. ISSN 2076-3425. PMC 8235653. PMID 34208661.