Psychology · Evolutionary & Biological Psychology
A topic within Evolutionary & Biological Psychology, itself one of 8 topics in that field and part of Psychology.
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Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior
James M. Dabbs & Mary G. Dabbs · 2000
Synthesises decades of research linking testosterone to dominance, risk-taking and status-seeking across species and social contexts, while…
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Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance
Dana R. Carney, Amy J. C. Cuddy & Andy J. Yap · 2010
Reported that holding an expansive body posture for two minutes raised testosterone, lowered cortisol and increased risk tolerance, a finding that…
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Assessing the Robustness of Power Posing
Eva Ranehill et al. · 2015
A pre-registered replication with over ten times the original sample finds expansive posing changes how powerful people feel but produces no…
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James M. Dabbs & Mary G. Dabbs
Synthesises decades of research linking testosterone to dominance, risk-taking and status-seeking across species and social contexts, while cautioning the hormone shifts behaviour along existing tendencies rather than creating new ones.
Dana R. Carney, Amy J. C. Cuddy & Andy J. Yap
Reported that holding an expansive body posture for two minutes raised testosterone, lowered cortisol and increased risk tolerance, a finding that became one of psychology's most popular claims before a large pre-registered replication found no hormonal effect at all.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Eva Ranehill et al.
A pre-registered replication with over ten times the original sample finds expansive posing changes how powerful people feel but produces no detectable change in testosterone, cortisol or risk tolerance.
link checked 17 Sept 2026