Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence

Book Notes
  • Participants who were holding a warm beverage perceived the person in mind as closer emotionally o them than did those who were holding cold beverage (1) – page 10 1
  • Hot weather is associated with aggression and crime rates (2) – page 12 1?
  • Participants who were socially excluded really became colder, and their finger temperatures decreased (3) – page 15 1
  • Those who touched the cold pack just before the game invested less money compared with those who touched the warm pack.  Holding a hot therapeutic pack prompted people to feel more intimacy and trust (4) – page 18 1
  • In cases of children who grew up in orphanages in Romania with hardly any human contact, the lack of touch stunted their emotional, social, and cognitive development (5) – page 23 2?
  • Being touched increased shoppers willingness to try a sample and buy a snack (6) – page 23 2?
  • The brain regions that were activated when the participants heard sentence with texture metaphors (“She had a rough day” vs “She had a bad day”) were the same brain regions that are activated when people sense texture through touch (7) – page 32 2
  • The students who held the heavier clipboards valued the currencies significantly higher than the students who held the lighter clipboards (8) – page 39 3
  • Students who were told the book was important estimated that it was heavier (9) – page 41 3
  • Students whose test had a red number at the top performed significantly worse, solving fewer anagrams than those who had a green or black number… Those who received a red cover performed significantly worse (10) – page 55 4
  • In a popular first person shooter, the red team usually has an advantage over the blue team (11) – page 63 4
  • Teaching assistants who wear formal clothes are perceived as more competent (12)…  Women in professional jobs who wear sexy clothes are perceived as less competent (13)…  Customers believe they will be given higher quality service and exhibit stronger purchasing intentions when customer service agents are dressed appropriately (14) – page 80 5
  • It was easier for participants to categorize the words as positive when they were bright and as negative when they were dark (15) – page 89 6
  • The participants chose white ideographs more often when the word was positive and black ideographs when the word was negative (16) – page 90 6
  • More penalties were given when players were wearing black jerseys (17) – page 93 6?
  • After evaluating positive words, the square appeared brighter to participants.  After evaluating negative words, the square appeared darker (18) – page 96 6
  • Those who recalled an unethical deed rated the room as darker (19) – page 98 6
  • Participants identified the colors of moral words faster when they were printed in white and the colors of immoral words faster when they were printed in black (20) – page 98 6
  • Participants reported better mood and more positive interactions when they were exposed to bright light (21) – page 102 6
  • Workers who were exposed to bright light during their normal night shifts reported an improvement in their well-being (22) – page 103 6
  • Normal amygdala light up when the researchers stood too close (23) – page 109 7
  • Less hostility is manifested in e-negotiations than face-to-face negotiations (24) – page 113 7?
  • Women found men more attractive when their photos were at the top of the screen while men rated women as more attractive when their photos were at the bottom (25) – page 135 8
  • Students who delivered the unethical message via email were more interested in the hand sanitizer… students who delivered the lie via voice mail found the mouthwash more desirable (26) – page 154 9
  • Physical disgust and moral disgust produce similar vocal and facial expressions and activate some of the same brain regions (27) – page 160 9?
  • Those who were physically disgusted were harsher in their moral judgments (28) – page 161 9?
  • Those who had washed their hands after viewing the disgusting fil judged immoral behavior less harshly than did those who did not wash their hands… Those who had read cleaning-related words were less harsh in their moral judgments (29) – page 161 9?
  • Those who cleansed their hands with antiseptic before touching the computer judged various social dilemmas as more morally wrong than did those who did not wash their hands (30) – page 162 9
  • For those who did not wash their hands, subjects felt a greater preference towards the CD that they had already chosen…  those who washed their hands after making their choice did not change their preference (31) – page 167 9
  • Participants rated those who liked sweet foods as more agreeable (32) – page 177 10
  • In the presence of a pleasant scent, shoppers evaluated the store and its products more positively an expressed a greater intention to revisit the store (33) – page 183 10
  • A pleasant ambient smell influenced the amount of money spent by young shoppers (34) – page 183 10
  • Those who visited the scented store liked it and its products more (35) – page 183 10
  • People gambled to a greater extent on days when the slot machine area of a casino was odorized compared with days when no odor was diffused (36) – page 184 9
  • Customers remained longer and spent more money when a lavender scent was diffused (37) – page 184 9
  • People danced longer and evaluated the evening more pleasantly when a scent was diffused in a dance club (38) – page 184 9
  • Peppermint scents improved cognitive and athletic performance (39) – page 184 9
  • More women gave their phone numbers to men when they were in areas with a pleasant scent (40) – page 185 9
  • Those who sat in a waiting room with a pleasant odor exhibited more social interactions with other people (41) – page 186 9

 

  1. The thermometer of social relations mapping social proximity on temperature
  2. The curve is still out there a reply to bushman wang and adnerson 2005, Is the curve relating temperature to aggression linear or curvilinear, Outdoor temperature climate control and criminal assault the spatial and temporal ecology of violence, Temperature and aggression effects on quarterly yearly and city rates of violent and nonviolent crime
  3. Cold blood loneliness social exclusion leads to lower skin temperatures
  4. Physical temperature effects on trust behavior the role of insula
  5. Infants’ need for touch
  6. Tactile stimulation and consumer response
  7. Metaphorically feeling comprehending textural metaphors activates somatosensory cortex
  8. Weight as an embodiment of importance
  9. Weighty matters:  importance literally feels heavy
  10. Color and psychological functioning:  the effect of red on performance attainment
  11. Better to be red than blue in virtual competition
  12. Fashion in the classroom effects of attire on student perception of instruction in college classes
  13. Evaluations of sexy women in low and high status jobs
  14. The effects of appropriateness of service contact personnel dress on customer expectations of service quality and purchase intention the moderating influence of involvement and gender
  15. Why good guys wear white: automatic inferences about stimulus valence based on brightness
  16. But for the bad, there would not be good grounding valance in brightness through shared relational structures
  17. Can uniform color color aggression?  quasi experimental evidence from professional ice hockey
  18. When light and dark thoughts become light and ark responses affect biases brightness judgments
  19. Is it light or dark? recalling moral behavior changes perception of brightness
  20. The color of sin white and black are perceptual symbols of moral purity and pollution
  21. Exposure to bright light is associated with positive social interaction and good mood over short time periods a naturalistic study in mildly seasonal people
  22. Timed bright light exposure and complaints related to shift work among women
  23. Personal space regulation by the human amygdala
  24. Enegotiation versus face to face what has changed if anything
  25. Downright sexy verticality implicit power and perceived physical attractiveness
  26. Dirty hands and dirty mouths: embodiment of the moral purity metaphor is specific to the motor modality involved in moral transgression
  27. In bad taste: evidence for the oral origins of moral disgust
  28. A bad taste in the mouth: gustatory disgust influences moral judgment
  29. With a clean conscience: cleanliness reduces the severity of moral judgments
  30. A clean self can render marsh moral judgment
  31. Washing away post decisional dissonance
  32. Sweet taste preferences and experiences predict prosocial inferences personalities and behaviors
  33. The presence of a pleasant ambient scent in a fashion store the moderating role of shopping motivation and affect intensity
  34. Does age attenuate the impact of pleasant ambient scent on consumer response
  35. Improving the store environment do olfactory cues affect evaluations and behaviors?
  36. Effects of ambient odors on slot machine usage in a las  vegas casino
  37. Odors and consumer behavior in a restaurant
  38. Can ambient scent enhance the nightlife experience
  39. Modulation of cognitive performance and mood by aromas of peppermint and lang ylang, Cognitive enhancement through stimulation of the chemical senses, Improved performance on clerical tasks associated with administration of peppermint odor, Effects of peppermint scent administration on cognitive video game performance, The effects of odors on objective and subjective measures of physical performance, Enhancing athletic performance through the administration of peppermint odor
  40. The sweet smell of courtship effects of pleasant ambient fragrance on women’s receptivity to a man’s courtship request
  41. A sociable atmosphere ambient scent’s effect on social interactions