Abstract thinking increases one's sense of power

By Pamela K. Smith, Daniël H. J. Wigboldus, A. Dijksterhuis. 2008

156 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f185604643403240548bf6cb74cdf284870d03e8

How researchers see this paper

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Pamela K. Smith
2. Adam D. Galinsky
3. Derek D. Rucker

In Social Psychology

1. Adam D. Galinsky
2. Pamela K. Smith
3. Simon Ferber
4. M. Slepian
5. Abraham M. Rutchick
6. J. Gold
7. Derek D. Rucker
8. Joe C. Magee

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Pamela K. Smith
2. Adam D. Galinsky
3. Simon Ferber
4. M. Slepian
5. Abraham M. Rutchick
6. J. Gold
7. Derek D. Rucker
8. Francesca Gino

Citations in the corpus

• The Nonconscious Nature of Power: Cues and Consequences (2010, background): “These impairments were not due to the powerless being less motivated or putting in less effort; instead, they had difficulty maintaining a focus on their current goal (Smith et al., 2008).”
• The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing (2015, background): “…from, and less dependent on others, and thus has been considered an instance of asymmetrical social distance (i.e., the powerful feeling more distant from the powerless; Smith & Trope, 2006; Smith, Wigboldus, & Dijksterhuis, 2008; Trope & Liberman, 2010; for a review, see Magee & Smith, 2013).”