Social baseline theory (SBT) maintains that the primary human ecology is a social ecology.
Because of this fact, the theory predicts that humans will find it easier and less energetically …

Social and personality psychologists aim to “understand individuals in their social contexts
for the benefit of all people”(Society for Personality and Social Psychology, nd). Though this …

Psychologists often assume that social and cognitive processes operate independently, an
assumption that prompts research into how social context influences cognitive processes …

Research from the social sciences suggests an association between higher temperatures
and increases in antisocial behaviours, including aggressive, violent, or sabotaging …

Recent research views nostalgia as a valuable resource that can be accessed in times of
distress and discomfort. The present work complements this literature by examining novel …

One key motivating force for bonding across animals is their need to regulate body
temperature, also called social thermoregulation. This phenomenon has been extensively …

We investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and prosocial behaviour in
real‐life settings. It was guided by two mechanisms of opposite predictions, namely (1) …

We propose that perceptions of auditory loudness and interpersonal closeness are
bidirectionally related. Across 12 experiments (total N= 2,219; 10 preregistered; with …

Physical temperature can fundamentally affect psychological processes. Among other
things, physical warmth typically fosters the motivation to affiliate. We argue that physical …

Attachment theory was built around the idea that infants rely on others to survive, and it is
often forgotten that survival hinged on co** with environmental demands. Adult …