To learn proper computer posture, try how really poor posture feels

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Sit up straight! Rather than scolding yourself or others for a poor posture, you're better off exaggerating a poor posture. It won't take long before you realise just how bad it is for your body, researchers say. 

To learn proper, strain-free posture while working at a computer, you should try sitting at the screen for a while with exaggeratedly poor posture to experience the effects, a team of American and Dutch researchers suggests.