Saturday, 13 October 2012

Women will be stressed on bad news


Bad news will stress women

If you love your woman and do not want to stress her then avoid giving her bad news. Quite impossible but a new study have proved that negative news or information will affect women more than men and they even remember the details better.

The Canadian researchers showed men and woman reports from newspapers which consisted of accidents and murders took a greater toll on the female psyche. The reason being, according to the researchers, women are more empathetic and have evolved to look out for and think about the situations that might threaten them and their children.

An experiment was conducted where in about 56 men and women were provided with selection of stories from newspapers. Some of the participants were judged to be emotionally neutral. The reports included information related to film premier, an opening of a new bridge and some harrowing stories. The saliva of participants was checked for changes in levels of stress hormone cortisol.

The negative news not only increased the stress levels in women, it made them more reactive affecting their physiological response. They were able to remember more details of the negative stories. However, this phenomenon was not witnessed in male participants.

France Marine, a researcher in University of Montreal stated that women’s body may be primed to be alert to danger. The women’s stress system is wired up to ensure not only their own survival but the one of their offspring as well. 

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