Study said: Men more likely schadenfreude

The so-called schadenfreude, that is, seen and heard the suffering and pain of others, to show himself a pleasant and enjoyable mood. "Men more likely than women schadenfreude." This is the results of recent studies, University of London, they think this is the first one related to gloat neuroscience evidence.In this study, they used brain imaging techniques, compared the men and women, when they see someone suffering on regional brain responses. If the unfortunate victims of their favorite people, the brain associated with empathy and emotional pain of the regional will be activated. Found that the difference between the sexes: Women do not like seeing people suffer, it will also give rise to similar response; while men in a happy mood-related brain region, a noticeable response. "Although women only have a slight sympathy for reaction, but the men are in no way a sympathetic response." Responsible for one of the study, said Dr. Stephen.

 

Their findings, published in "Nature" magazine. Studies suggest that: The male sympathetic response, by their sense of fairness of the principle of revision. "The sympathetic response to others not, as previously thought, as it is a completely unconscious, spontaneous emotions, but on the suffering of people with their emotional ties." Said Dr. Stephen.

 

In the second part of the study, 32 male and female volunteers participated in a game, and play the other four actors exchange of money. The role as a fair and equal actors also return their cash, and as unfair but also the role of the actors have little or do not give back their cash.

 

In the second part of the study, volunteers watched actors suffer from mild but painful electric shocks at the same time to carry out the brain magnetic resonance imaging scan. The actors are suffering the same time, scientists measured volunteers brain compassion, pain and pleasure-related regional response. Brain imaging in response to the same time, using volunteers to fill out a questionnaire to be confirmed.

 

Studies have concluded that: female volunteers than male volunteers retaliatory stronger were watching an unfair punishment noticeable pleasant emotions. "We need larger studies to confirm gender differences in emotional schadenfreude. As the design reasons, the study results may be due to physiological differences between men and women created, rather than psychological reasons or economic threats caused by . "Singh said, who led the study.