Enclothed cognition

Enclothed cognition is a term coined by Hajo Adam and Adam D. Galinsky in their experiment from 2012. It relates to the effect which clothing has upon a persons mental process and the way they think, feel, and function, in areas like attention, confidence, or abstract thinking.
Original experiment.
In the original experiment back in 2012, Adam and Galinsky specifically examined the effects of wearing a lab coat upon the participants’ attention, which was boosted. Specifically, two of the conditions that were needed for this effect were that the lab coat needed to actually be worn at the time, as well as the coat needed to be meaningfully associated with a doctor. Those who were given the coat and told it was a painters coat did not experience the same attention boost.
Other examples.
While Adam and Galinsky coined the phrase of enclothed cognition, the concept of clothing affecting one's experiential cognition is not new. There have been several other relevant areas of study and consideration: