Chris Green Wrote-
>I always wondered why schools insisted on overheating classrooms... 
>rooms that will be filled with dozens, or even hundreds, of 150-lb, 
>nearly-100-degree bodies. Now I know. How thoughtful of them. :-)

>Chris

Chris- well, that brings up an intriguing idea. Does it work with a warm room 
or is it a "hands" warmth that makes the effect. Remember that the study had 
them holding a warm vs cold coffee mug. I sense an experiment forming. I also 
wonder about the well known connection between food and higher ratings. Would a 
warm mug alone work or is it the "food" connection with coffee? (Actually, I 
think my experience with "warm rooms" is similar to yours- our classrooms tend 
to be warm during warm months and cold during the cold ones- with some notable 
exceptions- one of my classrooms this term was ALWAYS 80 or so- regardless of 
the temperature outside.)
Tim
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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [email protected]

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and 
systems

"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker



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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

 

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