Hot CoffeeScientists from Yale Universityassessed the impact of the sensation of warmth or cold on the perception of other people and their relationships. The researchers asked volunteers to rate the qualities of a person holding or holding iced coffee. It turned out that the volunteers more often called the person holding a cold drink a cold person, and the person holding a hot cup - warm, kind and generous. The scientists did not find a significant difference in the assessments of other qualities. In another experiment, volunteers were given a cold or hot object to hold, and then asked to choose either a gift certificate for a friend or a gift for themselves. Those who had previously held a warm object more often chose the certificate for their friends, and those who touched the cold object more often chose a gift for themselves. "Physical temperature" is not just a metaphor. It affects how we perceive other people, and it also affects our own behavior," says one of the study's authors, Dr. John Bar. The results of the study were published in the journal Science. Source: RIA Novosti.
