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Holding a warm cup changes your impression of people.
A 2008 study suggested that holding a warm beverage might influence social perception, but this finding has failed to replicate in larger, independent studies.
The original study by Williams & Bargh (2008) is often cited in embodied cognition, but its results lack robust replication.
Your judgment of someone's character is susceptible to the temperature of your hands.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Williams & Bargh, 2008, Science
- What the check found
- While the 2008 study exists, the claim presents the finding as a settled scientific fact, ignoring subsequent failed replications that suggest the effect is unreliable.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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