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I think some refined version of Amy Cuddy's power pose stuff will get vindicated at some point. My spidey sense tells me there's a there there. The stats police kinda won round 1 on procedural grounds rather than persuasive falsification of the intuition with an alt theory
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I think this too. It definitely works for some class of athletes, bodybuilders, etc. I'm guessing it doesn't work for doubtful skeptics. It's probably not the pose itself that works magic, but priming your own mind with positive associations, memories, etc
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Yeah a slight 'felt power' effect was replicated. This could be crucial in some contexts where feeling powerful leads more directly to better performance. Like in fights among males for example (Ie power poses - generalized/redirected dominance displays)
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Someone ran tests on lobsters. Every time a lobster loses a fight it shrinks it's stance, then is more likely to lose again. If you inject serotonin, even losers stand tall and more likely to win. Jordan Peterson talks about it.
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That's a bad heuristic. General relativity was a example of a theory that showed where to look for data. Here there is suggestive evidence in the form of social dominance displays etc. It's natural behavior and must be good for something.
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Lots of work showing felt power influences judgments and behaviour. Power posing manipulation doesn't robustly elicit felt power. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a physical side to feeling powerful.
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