You’ve heard the expression - giving someone “the cold shoulder”…
Well, according to the University of Toronto, when people were excluded from a group, not only did they feel hurt - their temperature dropped and their skin got cold! And when people were ostracized, they also were more likely to reach for hot foods - rather than something room temperature or cold. The researchers say - what we feel emotionally and what we feel physically are tied together. So social rejection or isolation can hit us like a blast of cold air!