Whether you’re striding with purpose, swaggering with confidence, or trudging slowly along the street, the way you walk can reveal how you’re feeling, according to new research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. We already know that some features of our gait can reflect our emotional state, such as heavy steps conveying anger and slumped shoulders indicating sadness. However, researchers led by Mina Wakabayashi at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Japan and her colleagues sought to determine whether there is a specific, coordinated movement pattern that reliably signals these emotional states.
The way you walk can reveal your true feelings
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