Research says: cold is contagious
Posted Jan 14, 2015 6:37 am.
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If you can’t seem to get warm these days, it might be because you’re surrounded by weather wimps.
A new study finds just looking at somebody shivering is enough to make us feel cold.
Researchers had volunteers watch videos of people putting their hands in cold water.
They then measured the temperature of the volunteers’ hands and found their hands were much colder after watching the video.
The study was published in the public library of Science Journal, One.
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