| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A compelling investigation into the quest to maintain core body temperature-and how it drives genetic and social evolution, civilization, health, and technology. A cup of tea, coffee, or cocoa is calming and comforting-but why? Recent research suggests that temperature, even that derived from holding a hot beverage, can influence our emotions and behaviors. In Heartwarming, social psychologist Hans IJzerman explores temperature and its role in our daily lives through the long lens of evolution. Besides breathing, regulating body temperature is one of the most important tasks for any animal. Like huddling penguins, we humans have long relied each other to maintain our temperatures. Over millennia, this instinct for thermoregulation has driven our social lives. Understanding how temperature affects human sociality leads to fascinating new questions in our changing world: How will climate change impact society? Can thermoregulation keep relationships closer, even across distance? IJzerman offers new insights for therapists, doctors, sufferers of illnesses both mental and physical, and all of us who want to better understand our bodies and our connections. Heartwarming takes readers on a captivating journey through the world, seen from the perspective of coldness and warmth"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Hot beverages, electric blankets, and loneliness : temperature and relationships -- The human machine : temperature and embodied cognition -- Harry the Penguin : how animals deal with temperature -- People are penguins, too : the workings of our inner thermostat(s) -- Rat mamas are hot : temperature and attachment -- Not by hypothalamus alone : how culture transforms social thermoregulation -- Why you should sell your house on a colder day : temperature in marketing -- From depression to cancer : temperature as treatment -- The happy Costa Ricans : temperature, weather, and well-being. |
| Subject |
Body temperature.
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Body temperature -- Regulation.
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Body temperature -- Social aspects.
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Body temperature -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781324002529 hardcover : $26.95 |
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1324002522 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
40030445183 |
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40030447370 |
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