Randomized trial · 2010

Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance

D. R. Carney, A. J. C. Cuddy, A. J. Yap. Psychological Science · N=42.

Two minutes of expansive versus contractive posture were reported to raise testosterone, lower cortisol, and increase risk-taking. N=42. This is the TED-talk paper. It is the start of the file, not the identification.

Open source doi:10.1177/0956797610383437 PMID 20855902

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Two minutes in a stance does not identify an androgen change. The larger RCT is a null. The TED talk is not a protocol.
Expansive posture is not a Holt–Laury intervention. The 2010 risk result did not replicate.

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