Amy Cuddy Helps Stephen Strike Some Power Poses

Amy Cuddy's latest book "Presence" is available now.

[muggedinmadrid]

its a joy to watch colbert. he's so mentally dazzling, charmingly warm and razor sharp. he looks like he's having so much fun. the joke writers are doing an excellent job but colbert really adds so much more with the spontaneous lightning quick off the cuff quips. the guests are always interesting, diverse and surprising. i never know who to expect, but it's always fun to watch.

[fhaddad]

CBS should thank their lucky stars for you Stephen

[Aeolus]

"... Thats the part that makes me happy."
- Stephen Colbert.

[gloriasaliba]

He is just fabulous would love to have him as a friend

[GMGMGMGMGMGMGMGMGMGM]

The main issue with the power posing research is the claim that it has a meaningful effect on hormones and risk tolerance. The original research suggested that if you do a power pose before a big meeting, or presentation, it can have an effect on your hormones, pumping up your testosterone and making you a more confident risk taker.

That claim has repeatedly failed replication, and seems to have been a fluke in the original study. Cuddy’s original study only had 42 participants, which opened it up to a lot of statistical error. Larger studies used 200+ participants, and saw no meaningful change in hormones or risk taking.
After some arguments back and forth about their data, another team of researchers did a meta p-value analysis on the existing literature and found no meaningful evidence for the claimed benefits of power posing.


So maybe you feel special doing your superhero pose in the mirror, but there’s no science to support the benefits.

[simeik]

The Ken Robinson talk is fantastic! Really recommend it :)

[BlakieTT]

I love Stephen Colbert! :D Creepy and loving it.

[spikecb]

Her ted talk is so good, check it out if you haven't

[muskylemon]

It's really not hard to spit out "these poses stimulate the release of neurochemicals that make us feel confident, like testosterone"...too short a clip for me at least

[shkotayd]

I know the talk focused on various points and that is a hell of a set of legs damn :D

[geetar]

what's the red band on stephen's right wrist?

[ronaldson]

This guy look little bit like Robert Dowey Junior

[Zince]

its guts pose nice try redefining things again

[SuAmigoElilegal]

Where is her powerpose them. She got demolished and totally taken down by the host