Alexander: Holding warm beverages causes people to perceive others as warmer
Aaron Alexander · How to Complete Overhaul Your Health in 2025 | Aaron Alexander · Jan 8, 2025 · at 20:55
Somatic movement specialist Aaron Alexander discusses embodied cognition research on how physical warmth translates into interpersonal perception while in conversation with Codie Sanchez.
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“There was research done with people holding a cold beverage versus holding a warm beverage. If those were holding, this is very clever. I mean, you guys didn't do this intentionally. But me holding a warm beverage Right now, based on the research, would cause me to have more of a sensation of perceiving the world around me, including, like, where I'm projecting my focus being you, as being more warm, and like, open, and like, ah, Whereas if I'm holding, like, an ice cold lemonade here, I would see you as being, like, project the lemonade onto my world around me.”
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