title: Relationships between facial temperature changes, end-exercise affect and during-exercise changes in affect: a preliminary study.
abstract: The present study was performed as an evaluation of the relationships between changes in facial temperature and self-reported pleasure-displeasure during an acute aerobic exercise bout. Ninety-two students performed a 10-minute long session of cycle ergometry at 80-85% of age-predicted maximal heart rate. Using infrared thermography and a single-item measure of pleasure-displeasure (the Feeling Scale, FS), facial temperature and the FS score were sampled at the beginning (Min1:00) and at the end of the exercise session (Min9:00). Statistical analyses revealed that cheek (but not forehead) temperature was higher at the end of the exercise bout compared to Min1:00 (it increased by about 5%). Change in cheek temperature was negatively related to end-exercise affect (β = -0.28, P < 0.001) and to during-exercise affective changes (β = -0.35, P < 0.001). No significant relationship with forehead temperature was found. Some of the possible reasons for this differential effect as well as theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation , University of Reims , Reims , France.
authors.forename: Fabien D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Bertucci
authors.forename: Ahlem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arfaoui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001642:Bicycling; D001831:Body Temperature; D002610:Cheek; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005080:Exercise Test; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057181:Pleasure; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Exercise; measurement; psychology; thermal infrared images