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Embodied cognition

Everything on this site about embodied cognition — each one naming the study behind it.

Your hands and feet influence your perception of distance.
Reaching with a tool can make objects appear closer than they are, but this is distinct from the 2003 study on physica…
Holding a warm drink makes you judge others as warmer.
A 2008 study by Williams and Bargh reported this effect, but it has not held up under independent replication.…
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 …
You rely on physical warmth to feel social comfort.
A 2008 study suggested a link between physical and social warmth, though these findings have proven difficult to repli…