India, Jan. 9 -- A new review published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences explored the idea of thermoception, the ability to feel changes in skin temperature, such as a warm hug or a sudden cold breeze, suggesting that temperature plays an important role in how strongly people feel that their body belongs to them.

The review, led by Dr. Laura Crucianelli from Queen Mary University of London and Professor Gerardo Salvato from the University of Pavia, was based on many years of research in neuroscience, psychology and clinical science. The authors noted that temperature sensing should be seen as a key part of body awareness as it is a way for the body to send signals to the brain.

"For example, we now know from experimental studies that the...