Repeatedly adopting power postures does not affect hormonal correlates of dominance and affiliative behavior.
Hannah MetzlerJulie GrezesPublished in: PeerJ (2019)
Neither testosterone and cortisol levels linked to dominance behaviors, nor progesterone levels related to affiliative tendencies, responded differently to adopting expansive as opposed to constrictive postures. The present results suggest that even repeated power posing in a context where social stimuli are task-relevant does not elicit changes in hormone levels.
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