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Geographical psychology: Spatial variation in psychological phenomena and their consequences
Peter J Rentfrow1, Tobias Ebert2, Friedrich M Götz3
1Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK; School of Psychology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea.
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Psychological traits are not uniformly distributed across space; they are geographically clustered. The emerging interdisciplinary field of geographical psychology integrates insights from psychology and the social sciences to understand the causes and consequences of this clustering. By leveraging big data, geospatial analysis, and computational modeling, researchers have identified robust geographical patterns across regions and nations in personality, values, well-being, and prejudice. This review synthesizes key findings on these geographical differences and how they relate to societal-level and individual-level outcomes. Opportunities and challenges for a cognitive science that incorporates a geographical perspective are discussed. Overall, a geographical perspective highlights the dynamic interplay between place and psychology, offering new insights into human behavior and pathways for integrating geography into cognitive science.
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