Key findings

Right-side → happier, less vivid

Respondents waking on the right side reported higher happiness and lower vividity on average.

Left-side → more vivid, scarier

Left-side positions aligned with higher vividness and scariness ratings.

Stomach → sadder, bizarre, romantic

Stomach positions had higher sadness (lower happiness), bizarreness, and romance scores.

Back → least scary and bizarre

Back positions showed lower averages for scariness and bizarreness.

Context: These findings reflect correlations in self-reported data from teenagers. We controlled analyses by excluding zero/blank responses and grouping positions by body orientation.

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