摘要：Take a hot bath, you'll feel better. Not only does warm water soothe us, it can combat loneliness. According to research published in the journal Emotion. 洗个热水澡，你会感觉好。根据《情绪》期刊上的一项研究，洗温

Take a hot bath, you'll feel better. Not only does warm water soothe us, it can combat loneliness. According to research published in the journal Emotion.

洗个热水澡，你会感觉好。根据《Emotion》期刊上的一项研究，洗温水澡不仅能使人放松，起到安抚作用，还能缓解寂寞。

Scientists analyzed the bathing habits of 51 people. And had them record how they felt before and after bathing. The researchers found that higher scores on a measure of chronic loneliness were associated with an increase in warmer baths or showers. In a separate study, to test the link between physical temperature and emotional state, scientists had subjects hold cold and hot packs and recorded levels of perceived loneliness. They confirmed the correlation between cold packs and high loneliness scores.

科学家分析了51位研究对象的洗澡习惯，让他们记录洗澡前后的感受。他们发现，洗澡或冲凉的次数越多，慢性孤独症的指数越高。另一项研究是测验生理温度和情绪状态的关系。科学家让被测对象进行热敷和冷敷，并记录他们感觉寂寞的程度，证实了受冷敷的人寂寞指数更高。

Then in another study the researchers had subjects recall a time when they were feeling excluded. This exercise made the subjects subsequently desire comforting social activities like hanging with friends. But this desire was reduced for those subjects who were asked to hold a warm pack.

随后在另一个实验里，研究者让被测对象回忆一个他们受到排挤的场景。这个实验让被试者继而渴望去参加有慰藉作用的社交活动，例如和朋友出去逛街之类的。但在让被试者热敷之后，这种欲望就降低了。

The authors claim this association between warmth and security is innate, yet many are not aware of the link, at least when it comes to warm baths. In another study they found that subjects do not think of a frequent bather as a particularly lonely person. A little obsessive maybe, but not lonely.

研究者称温度和安全感间的关联是与生具有的，但我们很多人没有意识到，至少没有意识到它和热水澡之间的关联。在另一项研究里，他们发现被试者认为一个经常洗澡的人不是一个异常寂寞的人。或许是有点着迷于冲澡，但不是因为寂寞。