From the physical to the psychological: Mundane experiences influence social judgment and interpersonal behavior

John A. Bargh; Lawrence E. Williams; Julie Y. Huang; Hyunjin Song; Joshua M. Ackerman

doi:10.1017/S0140525X10000993

From the physical to the psychological: Mundane experiences influence social judgment and interpersonal behavior

John A. Bargh
, Lawrence E. Williams
, Julie Y. Huang
, Hyunjin Song
, Joshua M. Ackerman

Dean's Office, College of Business

Yale University
University of Colorado Boulder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-268
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10000993
State	Published - Aug 2010

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