Research from the University of Cambridge in Medical Xpress:
Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others’ shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57 countries.
Researchers found that females, on average, score higher than males on the widely used “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test, which measures “theory of mind” (also known as “cognitive empathy”). This finding was observed across all ages and most countries.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the largest study of theory of mind to date.
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