TY - JOUR
T1 - From the physical to the psychological
T2 - Mundane experiences influence social judgment and interpersonal behavior
AU - Bargh, John A.
AU - Williams, Lawrence E.
AU - Huang, Julie Y.
AU - Song, Hyunjin
AU - Ackerman, Joshua M.
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - Mere physical experiences of warmth, distance, hardness, and roughness are found to activate the more psychological concepts that are analogically related to them, such as interpersonal warmth and emotional distance, thereby influencing social judgments and interpersonal behavior without the individual's awareness. These findings further support the principle of neural reuse in the development and operation of higher mental processes.
AB - Mere physical experiences of warmth, distance, hardness, and roughness are found to activate the more psychological concepts that are analogically related to them, such as interpersonal warmth and emotional distance, thereby influencing social judgments and interpersonal behavior without the individual's awareness. These findings further support the principle of neural reuse in the development and operation of higher mental processes.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X10000993
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X10000993
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:78649947230
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 33
SP - 267
EP - 268
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 4
ER -