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embodied cognition
You underestimate the influence of the physical environment.
A 2008 study by Williams and Bargh suggested that holding a warm drink leads to higher interpersonal warmth ratings, but this effect has failed to replicate in subsequent research.
Mention that the original study's findings are widely debated and have not been consistently replicated in later studies.
Your social impressions are being written by your physical surroundings.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Williams and Bargh, 2008, Science
- What the check found
- While the 2008 study did report these results, the effect is not considered robust because subsequent, larger replication attempts have failed to confirm the original findings.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.