Experiencing crowding at tourist destinations: An electro-encephalographic study

Marcel Bastiaansen, Ondrej Mitas, Wim Strijbosch, Jeroen Klijs, Wilco Boode and Bart Neuts

Annals of Tourism Research, 2025, vol. 114, issue C

Abstract: •Crowding perception is studied with self-report and event-related brain potentials.•Participants report feeling negative with increasing social density / proximity.•Brain responses increase with increasing social distance and proximity.•The brain responses reflect an increasing urge to move away from the crowded area.•Electrical brain activity measures real-time processes of crowding perception.

Keywords: Crowding perception; Social density; Social distance; Emotions; Valence; Electro-encephalography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2025.104013

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