Pullano and colleagues assessed how navigating through a space is influenced by emotional bonds to it. They share that “We propose that the emotional bond with a place could have a positive effect only in retrieving the visual features of navigational objects (i.e., landmarks).”
Luca Pullano, Francesca Foti, Marco Liuzza, and Liana Palermo. 2024. “The Role of Place Attachment and Spatial Anxiety in Environmental Knowledge.” Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 94, 102229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102229