In this conference, seen 64 million times on the net, she therefore shows that by becoming aware of the way we hold ourselves, we can change our state of mind, and consequently the way others look at us. Amy Cuddy talks to us in particular about the “power posture” (the “Power Posing”).
She tested it with her Harvard students, and proved, with hormonal tests, that this posture of the winner (back straight, fists on the waist, head held high) led to immediate reactions at the level two key hormones: testosterone (dominance hormone) whose rate increases by 20% and cortisol (stress hormone) whose rate drops by…
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