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Want to Feel Taller? Become the Boss
Science: French president Nicolas Sarkozy (right) is only 5’5” (1.65 meters), but he might not even be aware of it (although his raised heels speak otherwise). That’s because power makes people feel taller than they
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Tall tales: Powerful people tend to overestimate height
msnbc: In June 2010, the Swedish-born Chairman of BP Carl-Henric Svanberg touched off a firestorm of controversy with his remarks about his company’s reaction to the Gulf oil spill. “… we care about the small
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What Your Eyes Say About Who You Are
TIME: As you read these words, try paying attention to something you usually never notice: the movements of your eyes. While you scan these lines of text, or glance at that ad over there or
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We’re not like chameleons copying everything everybody does
Yahoo India: It’s common for people to pick up on each other’s movements – scratching your head, crossing your legs – but we don’t copy everything like chameleons, according to a new study. It says
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People Mimic Each Other, But We Aren’t Chameleons
It’s easy to pick up on the movements that other people make—scratching your head, crossing your legs. But a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that
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Estimates in the Balance
The Wall Street Journal: Body posture can influence how we estimate such things as age and size, a study shows. Thirty-three undergraduates stood on a Wii Balance Board, a videogame-system accessory. Researchers surreptitiously manipulated the
