This isn’t the first time warm hugs have been studied, nor is it the first time to determine they have a positive impact on ...

Feeling warm or cold doesn’t just register on the skin—it changes how connected we feel to our own bodies. Research shows ...

A questionnaire examined people’s beliefs about cross-modal perception, participants' perceptual ability was tested in an online 2AFC task using recordings captured in an ambisonic facility. The ...

New research reveals that warmth, experienced through touch like a hug, significantly enhances bodily self-awareness and ...

As winter closes in, you might start to notice your fingers and toes freezing when you go outside, or your face flushing hot when you go into a heated building. In these moments of changing ...

A study conducted in the terraXcube, Eurac Research’s extreme environment simulator, shows that the threshold for human perception of temperature changes is less than one degree centigrade. The ...

You know the type—or maybe you are the type. The person bundled in layers while everyone else looks comfortable, the one always asking to adjust the thermostat, the notorious office sweater collector.

Does a person's sex make a difference in how they react to temperature changes? Here's the science. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...