Social thermoregulation theory posits that modern human relationships are pleisiomorphically organized around body temperature regulation. In two studies (N = 1755) designed to test the principles from this theory, we used supervised machine learning to identify social and non-social factors that relate to core body temperature. This data-driven analysis found that complex social integration (CSI), defined as the number of high-contact roles one engages in, is a critical predictor of core body temperature. We further used a cross-validation approach to show that colder climates relate to higher levels of CSI, which in turn relates to higher CBT (when climates get colder). These results suggest that despite modern affordances for regulating body temperature, people still rely on social warmth to buffer their bodies against the cold.
Keywords:
Social Thermoregulation Theory / Social Integration / Machine Learning / Embodiment / Attachment Theory
Source:
Collabra-Psychology, 2018, 4, 1
Publisher:
Univ California Press, Oakland
Funding / projects:
Veni grant of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [016.145.049]
French National Research Agency "Investissements d'avenir" programFrench National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-15-IDEX-02]
TY - JOUR
AU - IJzerman, Hans
AU - Lindenberg, Siegwart
AU - Dalgar, Ilker
AU - Weissgerber, Sophia C.
AU - Vergara, Rodrigo C.
AU - Cairo, Athena H.
AU - Colić, Marija V.
AU - Dursun, Pinar
AU - Frankowska, Natalia
AU - Hadi, Rhonda
AU - Hall, Calvin J.
AU - Hong, Youngki
AU - Hu, Chuan-Peng
AU - Joy-Gaba, Jennifer
AU - Lazarević, Dušanka
AU - Lazarević, Ljiljana
AU - Parzuchowski, Michal
AU - Ratner, Kyle G.
AU - Rothman, David
AU - Sim, Samantha
AU - Simao, Claudia
AU - Song, Mengdi
AU - Stojilović, Darko
AU - Blomster, Johanna K.
AU - Brito, Rodrigo
AU - Hennecke, Marie
AU - Jaume-Guazzini, Francisco
AU - Schubert, Thomas W.
AU - Schuetz, Astrid
AU - Seibt, Beate
AU - Zickfeld, Janis H.
PY - 2018
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2594
AB - Social thermoregulation theory posits that modern human relationships are pleisiomorphically organized around body temperature regulation. In two studies (N = 1755) designed to test the principles from this theory, we used supervised machine learning to identify social and non-social factors that relate to core body temperature. This data-driven analysis found that complex social integration (CSI), defined as the number of high-contact roles one engages in, is a critical predictor of core body temperature. We further used a cross-validation approach to show that colder climates relate to higher levels of CSI, which in turn relates to higher CBT (when climates get colder). These results suggest that despite modern affordances for regulating body temperature, people still rely on social warmth to buffer their bodies against the cold.
PB - Univ California Press, Oakland
T2 - Collabra-Psychology
T1 - The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature
IS - 1
VL - 4
DO - 10.1525/collabra.165
ER -
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year = "2018",
abstract = "Social thermoregulation theory posits that modern human relationships are pleisiomorphically organized around body temperature regulation. In two studies (N = 1755) designed to test the principles from this theory, we used supervised machine learning to identify social and non-social factors that relate to core body temperature. This data-driven analysis found that complex social integration (CSI), defined as the number of high-contact roles one engages in, is a critical predictor of core body temperature. We further used a cross-validation approach to show that colder climates relate to higher levels of CSI, which in turn relates to higher CBT (when climates get colder). These results suggest that despite modern affordances for regulating body temperature, people still rely on social warmth to buffer their bodies against the cold.",
publisher = "Univ California Press, Oakland",
journal = "Collabra-Psychology",
title = "The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature",
number = "1",
volume = "4",
doi = "10.1525/collabra.165"
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IJzerman, H., Lindenberg, S., Dalgar, I., Weissgerber, S. C., Vergara, R. C., Cairo, A. H., Colić, M. V., Dursun, P., Frankowska, N., Hadi, R., Hall, C. J., Hong, Y., Hu, C., Joy-Gaba, J., Lazarević, D., Lazarević, L., Parzuchowski, M., Ratner, K. G., Rothman, D., Sim, S., Simao, C., Song, M., Stojilović, D., Blomster, J. K., Brito, R., Hennecke, M., Jaume-Guazzini, F., Schubert, T. W., Schuetz, A., Seibt, B.,& Zickfeld, J. H.. (2018). The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature. in Collabra-Psychology
Univ California Press, Oakland., 4(1).
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.165
IJzerman H, Lindenberg S, Dalgar I, Weissgerber SC, Vergara RC, Cairo AH, Colić MV, Dursun P, Frankowska N, Hadi R, Hall CJ, Hong Y, Hu C, Joy-Gaba J, Lazarević D, Lazarević L, Parzuchowski M, Ratner KG, Rothman D, Sim S, Simao C, Song M, Stojilović D, Blomster JK, Brito R, Hennecke M, Jaume-Guazzini F, Schubert TW, Schuetz A, Seibt B, Zickfeld JH. The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature. in Collabra-Psychology. 2018;4(1).
doi:10.1525/collabra.165 .
IJzerman, Hans, Lindenberg, Siegwart, Dalgar, Ilker, Weissgerber, Sophia C., Vergara, Rodrigo C., Cairo, Athena H., Colić, Marija V., Dursun, Pinar, Frankowska, Natalia, Hadi, Rhonda, Hall, Calvin J., Hong, Youngki, Hu, Chuan-Peng, Joy-Gaba, Jennifer, Lazarević, Dušanka, Lazarević, Ljiljana, Parzuchowski, Michal, Ratner, Kyle G., Rothman, David, Sim, Samantha, Simao, Claudia, Song, Mengdi, Stojilović, Darko, Blomster, Johanna K., Brito, Rodrigo, Hennecke, Marie, Jaume-Guazzini, Francisco, Schubert, Thomas W., Schuetz, Astrid, Seibt, Beate, Zickfeld, Janis H., "The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature" in Collabra-Psychology, 4, no. 1 (2018),
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.165 . .
