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January 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Researchers find a link between feelings of power and self-perception of height
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Last updated at 1:18 AM on 10th January 2012
People in positions of power feel taller, according to researchers.
A series of experiments by American researchers found that there is a relationship between feelings of power and our self-perception of height.
According to the research, from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), in New York, there is a physical experience that goes with feeling powerful.
Standing tall: Researchers found that the powerful, such as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, may actually feel taller than they are
Professor Jack Goncalo, who led the study, along with Michelle Duguid at Washington University, said the findings now raise a number of questions.
Professor Goncalo said: ‘Although a great deal of research has shown that physically imposing individuals are more likely to acquire power, this work is the first to show that the powerful may actually feel taller than they are.
‘Using different manipulations of power and measures of perceived height, we found that people literally perceived themselves as taller when they occupied a more powerful position.
‘Are world leaders less able to feel empathy and relate to the “little people” because they literally feel bigger?
World leaders: Sarkozy with Prime Minister David Cameron. The study found there is a physical experience that goes with feeling powerful
‘Do short people attempt to capture power by physically elevating themselves above others?
‘Would it be possible to psychologically empower people by giving them an office on the top floor?’
The research involved three experiments, where 266 men and women were assigned a video game avatar as a way of exploring the relationship between the psychological and physical experiences of power.
The findings are to be published in an upcoming issue of scientific journal Psychological Science.
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I hear eric cantona wants to become the next french president… Oh please kung-fu kick this vile little man on your way to the top an all is forgiven!
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Perhaps if he spent more time solving the serious problems that the Euro faces, rather than worrying about his height and his image, he might be called powerful. The way he is acting now, he is just a vindictive little poser, with no idea what to do.
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