In everyday language, there is feminine intuition or the sixth sense of women... Well, a recent study carried out by English psychologists seems to support this popular belief. Little explanation.
A questionnaire submitted to 4,000 participants
Researchers have looked at women's and men's ability to understand what others are thinking, and the findings of this study credit women with a better ability to perceive these thoughts. To reach this conclusion, the researchers developed a questionnaire and submitted it to 4,000 participants.
Better reading of nonverbal communication cues
Concretely, women showed more ability than men to put themselves in the place of others and to identify what they might be thinking; this ability essentially relies on the interpretation of behavioral cues, in other words, on non-verbal communication, which women detect better than men.
An understanding that does not involve empathy
This study being based on declarative elements, it seems possible to object that women feel more capable of putting themselves in the place of others and adopting the point of view of others, without this perception being a reality. However, researchers explain that empathy, that is to say understanding the feelings of others, has been clearly distinguished from the ability to perceive thoughts.
An inequality between individuals in perceiving thoughts
Furthermore, some participants with autistic disorders confirmed difficulties with non-verbal communication and understanding social behaviors. In any case, one thing is certain: the ability to understand how others think and know how to understand their point of view is not equal among all individuals.
 Frank Verain
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17/02/2021 | 
