Fig 1.
Twelve candidate postures used in Experiment 1.
Twelve candidate postures were classified into the following categories based on the two-dimensional theory of emotion: high-arousal negative postures (P1–3), high-arousal positive postures (P4–6), low-arousal negative postures (P7–9), and low-arousal positive postures (P10–12).
Table 1.
Means, standard deviations, and ANOVA results for arousal and valence of TDMS and HR in the seated upright posture on each experimental day in Experiment 1.
Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of TDMS arousal and valence for each posture in Experiment 1 and results of a one-sample t-test with a reference value of 0.
Fig 2.
2-D plot of TDMS arousal and valence for each posture in Experiment 1.
The markers reflect the results of a one-sample t-test. Filled and white markers indicate the postures that led to high and low arousal, respectively. Square and circle represent the postures that led to positive and negative emotions, respectively. Triangles indicate postures that had an effect only on arousal, and cross marks indicate postures that had no effect on both arousal and valence.
Fig 3.
HR for each posture in Experiment 1.
Error bars indicate standard deviations.
Fig 4.
Twelve candidate postures used in Experiment 2.
Twelve candidate postures were classified into the following categories based on the two-dimensional theory of emotion: high-arousal negative postures (P1’, 2, and 3’), high-arousal positive postures (P4’, 5, and 6’), low-arousal negative postures (P7, 8, and 9’), and low-arousal positive postures (P10, 11’, and 12). Standing postures are indicated by the prime symbol.
Table 3.
Means, standard deviations, and paired t-test results for arousal and valence of TDMS and HR in the seated upright posture for each experimental day in Experiment 2.
Table 4.
Means and standard deviations of TDMS arousal and valence for each posture in Experiment 2, and results of a one-sample t-test with a reference value of 0.
Fig 5.
2-D plot of TDMS arousal and valence for each posture in Experiment 2.
The markers reflect the results of the one-sample t-test. White and gray markers indicate postures that led to low arousal and those that had no effect on arousal, respectively. The square and cross markers indicate the postures that led to positive emotions and those that had no effect on either arousal or valence.
Fig 6.
HR for each posture in Experiment 2.
Error bars indicate standard deviations.