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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Women better than men at putting themselves in others’ shoes, study reveals

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Women are on average more empathetic and better than men at putting themselves in others’ shoes, according to a new study involving over 300,000 people in 57 countries.

One fundamental quality of being human is the ability to imagine what another person is thinking or feeling, applying what is known as the “theory of mind”, also known as “cognitive empathy”.

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