The Power Pose Fell Apart. The Slouch Got Away With It.
Forty-two people, two minutes in a bathroom stall, one TED talk with forty-seven million views, and a lead author who published a statement disowning her own finding. Reanalysing 128 studies found what survived — and what the missing control group was hiding.
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The Pen Between Your Teeth
A 1988 study had people rate cartoons with a pen held in their teeth or their lips, and found a 0.82-point swing. Seventeen labs then got 0.03. The argument that followed is more interesting than either number.
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