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Looking at how someone swings their arms when walking could help gauge their mood, according to international researchers. They found people had a better than chance ability to judge someone's emotions from a motion capture video. The team says coordinated swinging of arms and legs is connected to emotion, and that by manipulating the frequency of swinging arms, they could change the observer's assessment of the walker's emotions. Larger arm movements were perceived to be linked with anger, and reduced movements with sadness, they say.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm signing up with the Ministry of Silly Walks so I can confuse the surveillance cameras better.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

Obviously a sllly walk would mean you are an antisocial disestablishmentarianist out for blood pudding.