TRPM2 and warmth sensation

Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth.

"Warmth" is the most powerful personality trait in social judgment, and attachment theorists have stressed the importance of warm physical contact with caregivers during infancy for healthy relationships in adulthood. Intriguingly, recent research in humans points to the involvement of the insula in the processing of both physical temperature and interpersonal warmth (trust) information. Accord...

TRPM2 channels in mitochondrial dynamics and cancer

Replication of ‘‘Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth’’ by Williams and Bargh (2008)

We report the results of three high-powered, independent replications of Study 2 from Williams and Bargh (2008). Participants evaluated hot or cold instant therapeutic packs before choosing a reward for participation that was framed as a prosocial (i.e., treat for a friend) or self-interested reward (i.e., treat for the self). Williams and Bargh predicted that evaluating the hot pack would lead...

Perceptually-motivated audio morphing: warmth

A system for morphing the warmth of a sound independently from its other timbral attributes was coded, building on previous work morphing brightness only (1), and morphing brightness and softness (2). The new warmth-softnessbrightness morpher was perceptually validated using a series of listening tests. A Multidimensional Scaling analysis of listener responses to paired-comparisons showed perce...

Warmth in Groups and Satisfaction with Supervision

Most previous studies of Person-Environment fit have failed to use objective measures of the work environment that are independent of the person examined. This study aims to further develop and improve the operationalisation of Person-Environment fit by investigating objective fit and the interaction effect of group size on the relationship between the personality trait of warmth and satisfact...