title: Permeability theory in a social environment: comment on Stamps (2013).
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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012931:Social Environment