HEAD POSITION AND SPINAL POSITION AS DETERMINANTS OF PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL STATE

A sample of 60 first-year psychology students judged the emotional state of 21 drawn figures and completed the Adjective Checklist and a mood questionnaire. The judgements were affected by the interaction between head position and spinal position of the figure. Each figure was associated with a unique pattern of emotions, and the judgements given were not influenced by the subjects' own emotional state.