The experience of power has been theorized to increase attention to rewards, but is that really the case? Although this is a widespread assumption, no study has directly investigated the effects of power on attention to rewards. Moreover, the studies that investigated the effects of power on behavior related to rewards did not dissociate rewards from possible alternative goals. This paper thus examined directly whether power increases individuals' attention to rewards while removing/dissociating rewards from possible alternative goals. Through seven studies that used a multitude of paradigms and methods (i.e., self-report, concept activation, mouse-tracking, and electroencephalography), our results provide little support for the hypothesis that psychological power increases attention to rewards. Our main results are complemented with Bayesian analyses and a meta-analysis across studies. The findings of this paper are highly relevant to people seeking to explain the link between power and unethical behavior, where increased attention to rewards is thought to play a role. Our results suggest that other possible mechanisms need to be explored to determine the driver behind the actions of the powerful.

权力体验被理论化为增加对奖励的关注，但事实真的如此吗？尽管这是一个普遍的假设，但没有研究直接调查权力对奖励注意力的影响。此外，调查权力对与奖励相关的行为的影响的研究并未将奖励与可能的替代目标分开。因此，本文直接研究了权力是否会增加个人对奖励的关注，同时将奖励与可能的替代目标分开/分离。通过使用多种范式和方法（即自我报告、概念激活、鼠标跟踪和脑电图）的七项研究，我们的结果几乎没有支持心理力量增加对奖励的关注的假设。我们的主要结果与贝叶斯分析和跨研究的荟萃分析相辅相成。本文的研究结果与寻求解释权力与不道德行为之间联系的人们高度相关，人们认为增加对奖励的关注起到了作用。我们的研究结果表明，需要探索其他可能的机制来确定强者行为背后的驱动力。