One of the Researchers Who Published the Famed Paper on Power Poses Renounces Them
LatestIn 2010, Amy Cuddy, Dana Carney and Andy Yap published a paper on the effects your body can have on your mind with actions as simple as standing up straight and approaching the world with strength and confidence. Cuddy continued to confidently assert her power position on this article, giving one of the most watched TED talks ever on the subject, eventually garnering speaking gigs and money based on her research. But now, Dana Carney is kicking a leg out from under her.
Late Sunday night, Carney shared a document on her website that essentially renounces the research she did with Cuddy and Yap, saying that in their original study they used methods have she has, over time, come to question. Amongst the problematic issues in their study, there was the fact that people participating were often aware of the outcome researchers were looking for, which may have added to their perception that they were emotionally helped by striking “power poses” via implanted suggestion.