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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Galvez-Pol, Alejandro author Nadal, Marcos author Kilner, James author 2021-08-09 Most research on people's representation of space has focused on spatial appraisal and navigation. But there is more to space besides navigation and assessment: people have different emotional experiences at different places, which create emotionally tinged representations of space. Little is known about the emotional representation of space and the factors that shape it. The purpose of this study was to develop a graphic methodology to study the emotional representation of space and some of the environmental features (non-natural vs. natural) and personal features (affective state and interoceptive sensibility) that modulate it. We gave participants blank maps of the region where they lived and asked them to apply shade where they had happy/sad memories, and where they wanted to go after Covid-19 lockdown. Participants also completed self-reports on affective state and interoceptive sensibility. By adapting methods for analyzing neuroimaging data, we examined shaded pixels to quantify where and how strong emotions are represented in space. The results revealed that happy memories were consistently associated with similar spatial locations. Yet, this mapping response varied as a function of participants' affective state and interoceptive sensibility. Certain regions were associated with happier memories in participants whose affective state was more positive and interoceptive sensibility was higher. The maps of happy memories, desired locations to visit after lockdown, and regions where participants recalled happier memories as a function of positive affect and interoceptive sensibility overlayed significantly with natural environments. These results suggest that people's emotional representations of their environment are shaped by the naturalness of places, and by their affective state and interoceptive sensibility. Galvez-Pol A, Nadal M, Kilner J. Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples' affect and interoceptive sensibility. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 9;11(1):16150. 10.1038/s41598-021-95081-9 2045-2322 Scientific Reports https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/19571 34373488 L635861473 2-s2.0-85112034086 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/23319 683506200061 Emotional representations of space vary as a function of peoples' affect and interoceptive sensibility