Expansive posture (power pose) → Economic risk tolerance
Expansive posture is not a Holt–Laury intervention. The 2010 risk result did not replicate.
Randomized trial · High confidence · N=200
The association does not survive the backdoor. Usually SES, outdoor time, or healthy-user bias.
Mechanism
The 2010 paper used a gambling task after the pose. Ranehill et al. measured risk-taking in a larger mixed-sex sample and found no difference. If a pose changed risk, it would still not identify status or income. It does not clear the first gate.
Caveats
Self-reported feelings of power are a different outcome. This edge is behavior and hormones, not mood.
Effect
qualitative. Ranehill 2015 found no risk-taking effect of the pose.
Nodes
Named confounders
Cite this page
What Causes What. “Expansive posture (power pose) → Economic risk tolerance.” https://whatcauseswhat.org/edges/e-pose-risk (atlas updated 2026-08-31).
Papers
- Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance
D. R. Carney, A. J. C. Cuddy, A. J. Yap · 2010 · Psychological Science
- Assessing the Robustness of Power Posing: No Effect on Hormones and Risk Tolerance in a Large Sample of Men and Women
E. Ranehill, A. Dreber, M. Johannesson, S. Leiberg, S. Sul, R. A. Weber · 2015 · Psychological Science