Assessing the Robustness of Power Posing: No Effect on Hormones and Risk Tolerance in a Large Sample of Men and Women

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 653-656

  Ranehill, Eva ^a   Dreber, Anna ^b   Johannesson, Magnus ^b   Leiberg, Susanne ^a   Sul, Sunhae ^c   Weber, Roberto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84930581365     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614553946     Document Type: Article

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