geijlsngi15 The study participants were asked to do "moderately" stressful things, like speak in public or answer math problems in their heads. They were then asked to imitate certain movements, identify their own emotions or those of others, and judge something from another person's perspective.
"What we observed was that stress worsens the performance of men in all three types of tasks. The opposite is true for women," Silani said.
The researchers said their original hypothesis was that stress would make people more self-centered across the board, so they were partly correct.
They also said they aren't sure why this is the case.
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