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. 2025 Aug 11;16:1617975. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1617975

Table 1.

False feedback for the participants in each condition.

Happiness condition Hope condition Neutral condition
Verbal feedback After 1st trial This was really good. Let‘s see if you can be better than this. This was really good. Let‘s see this time whether you can keep this when we increase the level of difficulty. Thank you. Next round.
After 2nd trial You’re really were better than last time. Let‘s see if you can keep this up for the next round. Ohhh, you were almost as good but still not quite. Let‘s try again, I have hope. Thank you. Next round.
After 3rd trial Your last round was even better than the first and the second. Ohhh, almost, so close. You were almost as good. For the next round just focus on one point, I am sure you will be as good as during your first try or even better. I have hope. Thank you. Next round.
Visual feedback after 3rd trial Line chart titled “Posturomed 202 – Auswertung” displaying stability over three tests, each labeled “Durchgang 1” to “Durchgang 3”. Below are three circular graphs representing data distribution for each test. Line chart titled “Posturomed 202 – Auswertung” showing stability scores for three tests. The scores slightly decrease in the second test and increase in the third. Below are three concentric circular diagrams labeled Durchgang 1, 2, and 3, displaying central patterns within shaded rings. A chart titled “Posturomed 202 - Auswertung” shows a stability line graph with three data points ranging between 60 to 80. Below, three circular target diagrams labeled “Durchgang 1,” “Durchgang 2,” and “Durchgang 3” display concentric circles with a dot cluster in each center.