Women Actually Are Better Than Men At Identifying Emotions, Says Study
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Are women naturally different from men when it comes to detecting emotions? Biology may play a role, since there are few opportunities for socialization to shape such gender differences, and some evolutionary psychologists have suggested that females, because of their role as primary caretakers, are wired to quickly and accurately decode or detect distress in preverbal infants or threatening signals from other adults to enhance their chances at survival. But women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia and have a keener sense for processing auditory, visual and audiovisual emotions. read more