The most important sentence of the article, which appears at the end:
"Although 11 new papers have recently been published that do not show the downstream effects of power posing on behaviors, Cuddy is still fighting for power posing."
This is an astonishing number of replications to be published on one topic in psychology. 2-3x the next highest number I heave heard of.
The placement of that sentence, plus the flattering photos, leads me to suspect a publicist was able to place a thumb on the scale.
would note that near the end of the article its noted that Cuddy has conceded that the specific cortisol effects touted have not been borne out.
she is "still fighting" for power posing but only as a useful technique which sometimes works for some people in some cases, as even the replicated studies seem to show improvements in subjective measures of "confidence", whatever that means.
"Although 11 new papers have recently been published that do not show the downstream effects of power posing on behaviors, Cuddy is still fighting for power posing."
This is an astonishing number of replications to be published on one topic in psychology. 2-3x the next highest number I heave heard of.
The placement of that sentence, plus the flattering photos, leads me to suspect a publicist was able to place a thumb on the scale.