Everyone is a dick during heat waves

Here we go again, it’s that time of the year for the northern hemisphere — summer. Eternal sunshine. Blistering heat and daily temperatures reaching the heights needed to melt thoughts. Good news? It’s done in a few months, and then we can all complain about the cold and rain again. Bad news? It’s not just the weather that’s being horrible — it’s everyone around you, too.

A recent paper, Exploring the impact of ambient temperature on helping (Belkin & Kouchaki, 2017), takes a look at the mechanism by which uncomfortably warm environments change your behavior.