Perceptual symbols of creativity: Coldness elicits referential, warmth elicits relational creativity

• Main Authors: IJzerman, Hans, LEUNG, Angela K. Y., ONG, Lay See
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Embodied Grounding; Warmth; Social Relations; Processing Styles; Creativity; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1549; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2806/viewcontent/2014_Perceptual_symbols_of_creativity_Coldness.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research in the cognitive and social psychological science has revealed the pervading relation between body and mind. Physical warmth leads people to perceive others as psychological closer to them and to be more generous towards others. More recently, physical warmth has also been implicated in the...