自信也能“坐”出來

        Your mother may have been right when she told you to sit up straight: New research suggests that good posture could make you feel more confident about your thoughts.

　　你媽媽告訴過你當你坐著的時候身子要挺直，她說的很對。最新一項研究顯示，一個好的姿勢可以讓你對自己的想法更加自信。

　　"Most of us were taught that sitting up straight gives a good impression to other people," Richard Petty, co-author of the study and a psychology professor at Ohio State University, said in a university news release.

　　這項研究的合作者——來自俄亥俄州立大學的心理學教授貝蒂理查德，在大學發(fā)布的一件新聞里說，“我們都知道，如果你坐著的時候把身子挺直，你就會給別人帶來很好的印象。”

　　"But it turns out that our posture can also affect how we think about ourselves. If you sit up straight, you end up convincing yourself by the posture you're in."

　　“但事實證明我們的坐姿也會影響我們腦子里的一些想法。如果你挺胸抬頭的坐著，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，你的坐姿會肯定你的一些想法。”

　　The researchers, whose findings appear in the October issue of the European Journal of Social Psychology, enlisted 71 Ohio State students for their study.