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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.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Differences among posture and movement conditions were observed in arousal, valence, and HR. In comparisons with the theoretical origin of the TDMS, skipping was located in the high-arousal positive quadrant, whereas the supine and meditation postures were located in the low-arousal positive quadrant. Multilevel correlation analysis showed a positive within-person association between subjective arousal and HR; however, this association was not significant in an additional linear mixed-effects model adjusting for posture and movement condition and other covariates. Open-ended responses included expressions corresponding to TDMS items as well as infrequent emotional expressions and bodily sensations not directly captured by the TDMS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings provide exploratory evidence, based on a two-dimensional affective model, regarding emotional states following different postures and movements and their accompanying physiological arousal.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1866036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]],"date-time":"2026-09-14T04:35:48Z","timestamp":1789360548000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Investigating postures and movements associated with psychological arousal and valence"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Aya","family":"Takayama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Fukuoka University","place":["Fukuoka, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroshi","family":"Sekiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University","place":["Hiroshima, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1128","DOI":"10.1007\/s10608-021-10215-7","article-title":"Gait patterns and mood in everyday life: a comparison between depressed patients and non-depressed controls","volume":"45","author":"Adolph","year":"2021","journal-title":"Cognit. 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