So when will your hospital hand out Superman or Wonder Woman t-shirts to stroke survivors? If I were to put on a white doctors coat it would flatline my mental abilities.
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=142322&CultureCode=en
Clothing affects our mental processes and perceptions which can
change our minds and the way we think, according to research by
Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire.
When Professor Pine asked students to put on a Superman t-shirt there
was a scientific reason behind the request. She wanted to know if the
heroic clothing would change the students’ thinking. She found it
boosted their impression of themselves and made them feel physically
stronger. This, and other discoveries of how clothing can change our
minds, is the topic of her new book called Mind What You Wear: The
Psychology of Fashion.
Professor Karen Pine, from the department of Psychology at the
University of Hertfordshire, explained: “When wearing a Superman t-shirt
the students rated themselves as more likeable and superior to other
students. When asked to estimate how much they could physically lift,
those in a Superman t-shirt thought they were stronger than students in a
plain t-shirt, or in their own clothing.”
This research, and other clothing research described in the book,
shows how people’s mental processes and perceptions can be primed by
clothing, as they internalise the symbolic meaning of their outer
layers.
In Mind What You Wear, Professor Pine describes how women who were
given a maths test performed worse when wearing a swimsuit than when
wearing a sweater. She describes how putting on a white coat improved
people’s mental agility, as their brain was primed to take on the mental
capacities they associated with being a doctor.
Professor Pine’s book gives fascinating insights into the cognitive,
social and emotional consequences of what we wear. Her previous research
discovered that women are more likely to wear jeans when they are
depressed. In this book she reveals that when women are stressed they
wear less of their wardrobe, neglecting 90% of it, and the main reason
women dress up is not to look attractive but to feel confident.
Professor Pine added: “As well as scientific research, my book also
contains tips on how to feel happier and more confident with the right
clothes, explaining not only that we are what we wear, but that we
become what we wear.”
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