Study: Having the Posture of a Superhero Can Change Your Personality

Posted: May 17, 2022 at 6:58 am

A new study finds having a more dominant, upright, and superhero-like posture makes people feel more confident. “Power poses” involve standing in a posture of dominance, for example “standing or sitting in a very expansive way, taking up a lot of space.” An international team of researchers evaluated some 130 studies involving 10,000 participants and found the right posture can cause people to both feel and behave more
confidently. However, the study debunked previous claims that certain poses can influence a person’s hormones.