Heartwarming, Hans Rocha Ijzerman
Heartwarming, Hans Rocha Ijzerman
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Heartwarming
How Our Inner Thermostat Made Us Human

Author: Hans Rocha Ijzerman

Narrator: Basil Sands

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

A hot cup of tea, coffee, or cocoa is calming and comforting—but how can holding a warm mug affect our emotions? In Heartwarming, social psychologist Hans Rocha IJzerman explores temperature through the long lens of evolution.

Temperature contributed to our evolution—our upright walking, our loss of fur, and our big brains—and now continues to affect our lives in unexpected ways, and the link from a warm mug to our emotions is anything but straightforward. Studies have shown, for example, that a chilly deliberation room can predispose a jury to convict and that a cold day can make us more likely to buy a house. Our mind-body connection works the other way, too: thinking about friendly or caring people can make us feel warmer. Understanding how we subconsciously strive to keep our temperature in an optimal range can help us in our relationships, jobs, and even in the world of social media.

As IJzerman illuminates how temperature affects human sociality, he examines fascinating new questions: How will climate change impact society? Why are some people chronically cold, and others overheated? Can thermoregulation keep relationships closer, even across a distance? The answers offer new insights for all of us who want to better understand our bodies, our minds, and each other.

About Hans Rocha Ijzerman

Hans Rocha IJzerman is an associate professor in social psychology at the Universite Grenoble Alpes and the foremost expert on social thermoregulation in humans. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Huffington Post. He lives in France.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on October 05, 2022

這本書雖然以溫度為主軸,提出許多實驗跟社會與生物的觀察,以主題來說其實挺有趣的,書裡提出的心理學實驗發想也讓人覺得很有意思。 但除此之外架構編排得很亂,閱讀過程很難抓到重點,像是最前面提到很有趣的現象/實驗,看到中後又會被推翻,但在這兩件事之間又加入了企鵝的生態、人類演化發展、文化差異的理由等等各式各樣的新知。等到看到後半本的時候其實已經不太知道自己現在在看什麼了,以至於有資訊量的書只能被單點式的接受資訊,而無法進行資訊的串連與推論,非常可惜。 給這本書2.5顆星,四捨五入打成3顆星。......more

Goodreads review by Mehtap on January 22, 2022

Unsere innere Körpertemperaturregulierung unterscheidet sich zu vielen anderen Tierarten, doch trotzdem haben wir auch Gemeinsamkeiten wie zum Beispiel mit Pinguinen. Pinguine sind wie wir Menschen Endotherm, sie können aber in außergewöhnlichen Umgebungen mit bitterkalten Temperaturen überleben. Da......more

Goodreads review by anchi on August 29, 2022

3/5 有點像是關於溫度的100個小知識,雖然都是有實驗佐證,但是有些感覺很牽強,只能說是本重視廣度而非深度的書......more

Goodreads review by Robin Gane-McCalla on December 25, 2024

This book is a more difficult read than most popular science books. But it's very interesting and applicable. The tone varies between casual reference to popular culture to highly technical complex metaphors. It is humble and does not offer any big picture conclusions about thermoregulations beyond......more