The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature

2018
Authors
IJzerman, HansLindenberg, 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.
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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 TheorySource:
Collabra-Psychology, 2018, 4, 1Publisher:
- 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]
DOI: 10.1525/collabra.165
ISSN: 2474-7394
WoS: 000463259000002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85058340395
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - 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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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 . .