From the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg press release: Want to have a happy relationship? Make sure both partners feel they can decide on issues that are important to them. Objective power measured by income, for example, doesn’t…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Those with power, such as the wealthy are more likely to blame others for having shortcomings and they are also less troubled by reports of…
From the Michigan State University press release: The claim that holding a “power pose” can improve your life became wildly popular several years ago, fueling the second most-watched TED talk ever but also casting doubts about…
From the University of Florida press release: We know that power can corrupt, making people act in ways that harm others. But new research from the University of Florida shows that when the powerful misbehave,…
From the Kyoto University press release: We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour. The Kyoto-based study demonstrates that human infants recognize heroic acts from early stages of…
From the Columbia Business School press release via HealthCanal: A new study from researchers at leading business schools reveals that expansive physical settings (e.g. having a big desk to stretch out while doing work or…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: If you are negotiating with someone who has more power than you it is a good idea to avoid face-to-face meetings. That is the conclusion…
From the Indiana University press release via HealthCanal: “If you can make women feel powerful, then maybe you can protect them from the consequences of stereotype threat,” IU social psychologist Katie Van Loo said. In…
From the University of Colorado Boulder press release via MedicalXpress: People assigned to positions of power tend to dehumanize those in less powerful positions even when the roles are randomly assigned, according to a new…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Would you prefer $120 today or $154 in one year? Your answer may depend on how powerful you feel, according to new research in Psychological Science, a…