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The purpose of this study was to classify the various words that are associated with pace, from the viewpoint on how humans feel when they imagine themselves at each pace. Seventeen words that express different pace were classified into four subscales by factor analysis, they were 1) negative fast, 2) positive fast, 3) positive slow and 4) negative slow. To confirm whether the difference between the paces can reflect on real movement, 142 female university students were asked to draw a single circle inside individual 1-cm squares printed on an A4 size sheet of paper at the requested pace with 1minute time limit. On completion of the task, they were asked to evaluate their feelings at the requested pace. The significant difference was obtained for the number of circles. The evaluated positive feelings were significantly lower in the fast negative in compared to the positive fast condition and positive slow condition. This result indicates that different movement paces produce different feelings, depending on what pace is chosen.
