Emotions Men vs Women
Oct 23, 2009 | Posted by bryan | 0 Comments
Men Less Able to Distinguish Between Emotions Than Women
Research undertaken by scientists at the Universite de Montreal and published in the online version of the journal Neuropsychologia, revealed that females are better at interpreting audio, visual and audiovisual emotions.
The team of researchers used actors and actresses to simulate facial expressions provoked by certain emotions combined with live recordings of people.
Studies involved 23 men and the same amount of women with the latter group being quicker at spotting fear and disgust than the male participants.
Olivier Collignon, researcher at the Universite catholique de Louvain’s Institute of Neuroscience in Belgium, said: “Facial movements have been shown to play an important role in the perception of an emotion’s intensity as well as stimulate different parts of the brain used in the treatment of such information.”
He added that culture and society influence the different ways in which men and women use emotions for their own personal gain.
Previous research from scientists at the University of Barcelona showed that the brain is quicker at detecting sadness than happiness.