Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Link Between Physical and Emotional Warmth: Hot Cup of Coffee Makes Perfect Stranger More Attractive


Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder discovered the secret of making yourself more attractive to other people: give them a hot cup of coffee!

Looking to improve your romantic odds? Get your date a steaming cup of coffee.

That’s the implication of a new study by researchers who wanted to see if there was any connection between physical and emotional heat. To their surprise, they found that people who held a cup of hot coffee for 10 to 25 seconds warmed to a perfect stranger. Holding a cup of iced coffee had the opposite effect.

If you want to make a good impression, advised study author Lawrence E. Williams, a University of Colorado at Boulder assistant professor of marketing, a fresh cup of coffee "may bias the situation in your favor."

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