Power Posing: P-Curving the Evidence

Psychological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 687-693

  Simmons, Joseph P ^a   Simonsohn, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION;

POSTURE;

EID: 85013337641     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616658563     Document Type: Note

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