Snug Life: The Science Behind Blanket Cocooning and Mental Health

The movie heroine is sobbing, mascara running faster than her Uber after 9 p.m., and some rugged firefighter hands her a blanket. Boom. Suddenly she’s safe, warm, and at least 37% more emotionally stable.

We’ve all seen it. Fire, accident, emotional collapse, end of civilization. Somehow, somebody always ends up wrapped in a blanket.

The funny part is that Hollywood may actually be onto something.

Snug Life: The Science Behind Blanket Cocooning and Mental Health looks at why that humble rectangle of fabric keeps showing up when humans are at their most overwhelmed, and why comfort, pressure, memory, warmth and the nervous system may have more to do with it than anyone gives Blankie credit for.

Smart. Funny. Cozy. Surprisingly scientific.

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