Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

Question

Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

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Answer 1

So we cannot actually feel the temperature of something. The only thing we can feel is how cold or hot it makes our skin. This is affected by two things-the actual temperature of the object and its thermal conductivity (how fast it can move heat energy).

Wood is a decent insulator and tile is a better conductor of heat. That is why they feel different