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embodied cognition
You are less logical when you hold a warm drink.
A 2008 study by Williams and Bargh claimed that holding a hot cup of coffee leads to more positive social judgments, but subsequent larger, independent studies have failed to replicate the effect.
The original findings are considered controversial and have not been consistently reproduced in the psychological literature.
Your physical environment is silently shaping how you evaluate people.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Williams and Bargh (2008), Science
- What the check found
- While the 2008 paper exists, the claim presents the finding as a settled fact, ignoring significant failed replications that cast doubt on the original conclusion.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.