Negative Emotional Valence Shades, but Does Not Inhibit, Interaction and Spatial Processes

Abstract: In the context of developing new inclusive products tailored to the individual needs of users, understanding emotional valence and its influence on human interaction processes is essential. Particularly, when analyzing interaction with specific virtual products, the influence of various factors inherent to both the user and the product in obtaining the experienced emotional valence becomes evident. In a cross-sectional study involving non-equivalent user groups, it was observed that negative emotional valence derived from interaction processes with virtual products did not interfere with the retrospective spatial construction of individuals as users. For this purpose, an experimental group and three control groups were employed to compare behavior regarding spatial processes. The spatial components were derived from the virtual product analyzed in the experimental group.

Keywords: Emotional Valence, Retrospective Construction of Space, Linguistic System, Virtual Products, Human Interaction

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1005375

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