Negative emotional visual stimuli alter specific improvised dance biomechanics in professional dancers
Bruno Cesar Burin Maracia, Thales R. Souza, Gabriela Silva Oliveira, Julia Beatriz Palma Nunes, Carolina Eduarda Santiago dos Santos, Camila Batista Peixoto, Júlia Beatriz Lopes-Silva, Liria Akie Okai-Nóbrega, Priscila Albuquerque de Araújo, Renan Pedra Souza, Bruno Rezende Souza
This study shows that negative visual stimuli before improvisation reduce movement amplitude in professional dancers without changing movement expansion.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience