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http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/2

This week we learn about how walking enhances creativity, power posing, and why arguing with your teenager may be a good idea.

Show Notes:

• Power-posing for two minutes (i.e. feet resting on a surface while sitting with fingers interlaced behind the head or, standing and leaning slightly forward over a surface supported by firmly planted hands) temporarily elevates testosterone levels and lowers cortisol levels. This increases feelings of power and promotes focus on reward instead of risk.
• Amy Cuddy
• Power-Posing TED Talk
• Zurich study on power posing
• Amy Cuddy's meta-analysis
• Data Colada article on power posing
• Photo of power poses
• Placebos without Deception: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Walking, whether outside or on a treadmill, leads to more creative thinking.
• Cultured bacteria from the hand of an eight-year-old
• Teenagers who engaged in healthy debate with their parents (listening to each other and discussing, though not necessarily agreeing), developed a sense of autonomy that made them more resistant to peer pressure relating to drugs and alcohol.
• Ig Nobel Price
• An analysis of the forces required to drag sheep over various surfaces
• Are cows more likely to lie down the longer they stand?