Effects of Power on Mental Rotation and Emotion Recognition in Women.
Based on construal-level theory (CLT) and its view of power as an instance of social distance, we predicted that high, relative to low power would enhance women's mental-rotation performance and impede their emotion-recognition performance. The predicted effects of power emerged both when it was manipulated via a recall priming task (Study 1) and environmental cues (Studies 2 and 3). Studies 3 and 4 found evidence for mediation by construal level of the effect of power on emotion recognition but not on mental rotation. We discuss potential mediating mechanisms for these effects based on both the social distance/construal level and the approach/inhibition views of power. We also discuss implications for optimizing performance on mental rotation and emotion recognition in everyday life.
['Nissan|Tali|T|', 'Shapira|Oren|O|', 'Liberman|Nira|N|']
D003463:Cues D004644:Emotions D000066499:Facial Recognition D005260:Female D006801:Humans D007092:Imagination D011939:Mental Recall D011209:Power, Psychological D012929:Psychological Distance
power mental rotation emotion recognition social distance construal level