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A Moment of Science

Does What We Touch Affect the Way We Think?

By Molly Plunkett
Published September 13, 2019 at 7:19 PM EDT

You know that warm, happy feeling when you're holding a cup of hot cocoa? Or that serious, judgmental side that comes out when you are holding a clipboard?

These are both examples of "embodied cognition."

Psychologists are conducting experiments to find the link between what we touch and how we feel.

Read More:

  • Sense of Touch Colors Our View of the World (Science/AAAS)

  • What We Touch Unconsciously Influences How We Think (MITmediarelations)

  • Tactile Sensations Influence Social Judgments and Decisions (ScienceDaily)

    • A Moment of Science