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• 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.
Bastiaansen et al. (Mon,) studied this question.