Sitting Posture Makes a Difference—Embodiment Effects on Depressive Memory Bias

Basic research has shown that the motoric system (i.e., motor actions or stable postures) can strongly affect emotional processes. The present study sought to investigate the effects of sitting posture on the tendency of depressed individuals to recall a higher proportion of negative self‐referent material. Thirty currently depressed inpatients either sat in a slumped (depressed) or in an upright (non‐depressed) posture while imagining a visual...