After holding a warm drink rather than a cold one, people are more likely to rate others more warmly. This best illustrates

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This phenomenon is an example of embodied cognition, which suggests that bodily sensations can influence cognitive processes such as decision making and perception. In this case, holding a warm drink creates a bodily sensation of warmth and this influences how people perceive others. The McGurk effect is a phenomenon where visual and auditory information conflict, leading to a perceptual distortion. Relative luminance refers to the relative brightness of two colors, and synaesthesia is a neurological condition where sensory experiences are mixed, such as seeing colors when hearing sounds. None of these concepts are relevant to the scenario described.

After Holding a Warm Drink Rather Than a Cold One