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After last week's sad news about coffee shrinking our boobs, that resilient little cup o' joe has quickly redeemed itself with a new, surprisingly positive scientific study.

Research published in the Journal of Science suggests that merely wrapping your hands around a mug of French roast will make you feel all cozy. Except it's not the caffeine that makes your heart melt -- the study points to a link between physical temperature and emotional warmth.

Volunteers either got compresses (some warm, some cold) or coffee (hot or iced) -- and then were asked to evaluate a stranger's personality and decide whether to give that person a gift. Participants judged others more kindly and gave more away when exposed to the warmer option.

According to the researchers, these associations go all the way back to childhood snuggling with mom and dad -- which officially makes this study mushier than an episode of "Full House."