Women Have More Mind Reading Genes By Looking At Others Eye

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK conducted a test of cognitive empathy called the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test on 89,000 people across the world. Women are more likely to have a 'mind-reading' gene mutation that gives them the ability to read a person's thoughts and emotions by looking at their eyes, scientists including one of Indian origin have found. Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK conducted a test of cognitive empathy called the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test on 89,000 people across the world.

The study has earlier shown that people can rapidly interpret what another person is thinking or be feeling by looking at their eyes alone. Researchers found that women on average score better on this test and identified genetic variants in women that are linked to the ability to "read the mind in the eyes". Previous studies have found that…