Crossing Your Arms Can Help Make You Persistent
A study from the University of Rochester, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology – The effect of arm crossing on persistence and performance, challenges the idea that body language is merely a reflection of psychological state. The study suggests a body movement also can trigger a psychological state.
University students randomly assigned to sit with their arms crossed spent more time on an impossible-to-solve anagram, or word scramble, in one experiment, and came up with more correct solutions to solvable anagrams in another than those told to sit with their hands on their thighs.
Vancouver Sun article: Folding your arms can help your brain: study
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