Warm hands lead to warm hearts, sneaky study shows
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 15:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Time to update that old saying "cold hands, warm heart." New research shows touching something warm can make you feel and act more warmly toward others. Whether someone is deemed to have a "warm" or "cold" personality makes a powerful first impression. That led Yale University scientists to wonder if physical warmth could promote psychological warmth, by subconsciously priming people to think better of others.
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