Are Warm Beverages Influencing You?
November 11, 2008 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Have you ever judged someone’s warmth as a person by the beverage you’re drinking at the time? Seems weird…
But according to a recent study by Yale researchers, our perception of a person’s character may be influenced by the cup of joe we’re holding at the time.
The study, published in the October issue of Science, says that people judge others to be more caring if they had just held a warm cup of coffee. Likewise, people were judged to be less caring when a cold beverage was held.
A second study by the researchers showed you may be more likely to donate if you just held something warm, and more likely to take if you held something cold.
The studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health, make me wonder. Is this why everyone wants to give presents in the winter? Is it because we’re so full of hot cocoa and spiced cider? Hmm, Santa probably never drinks iced tea.
Do you think it’s possible you feel more giving when drinking a warm beverage?
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