Table 1_Investigating postures and movements associated with psychological arousal and valence.pdf

This study positioned psychological arousal and valence following different postures and movements within a two-dimensional affective space and exploratorily examined relative differences among conditions.</p>Methods<p>Twenty university students (11 men and nine women) assumed six postures and performed six movements in random order for 1 min across two experimental days.

Arousal and valence after each condition were assessed using the Two-Dimensional Mood Scale (TDMS). Participants also provided open-ended descriptions of the emotions experienced during each condition, and heart rate (HR) was measured as an index of physiological arousal. Linear mixed-effects models accounting for the within-participant repeated-measures structure were used for the primary analyses.</p>Results<p>Differences among posture and movement conditions were observed in arousal, valence, and HR.