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Geschlechterdifferenzen in der Emotionalität aus der Sicht des Neuroimaging

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Gehirn und Geschlecht

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Unterscheiden sich Männer und Frauen im Erleben der Basisemotionen? In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur gibt es zahlreiche Hinweise dafür, dass dem so ist. So berichten Frauen, im alltäglichen Leben häufiger und intensiver Angst zu empfinden, d. h. sie besitzen Fragebogendaten zufolge eine größere Ängstlichkeit (z. B. Egloff u. Schmukle 2004). Auch experimentelle Bedrohungsreize werden von Probandinnen negativer und erregender bewertet (Bradley et al. 2001). Ähnliches gilt für das aktuelle Ekelerleben sowie die Ekelempfindlichkeit, also die zeitlich stabile Neigung einer Person mit Abscheu und Widerwillen zu reagieren, die gemäß Selbstbeschreibungen beim weiblichen Geschlecht stärker ausgeprägt sind als beim männlichen (z. B. Schienle et al. 2002). Schließlich schildern Frauen häufiger, niedergeschlagen zu sein und stufen in Studien zur emotionalen Verarbeitung solche Bilder, die Verlust oder Krankheit darstellen als unangenehmer ein und beschreiben die dadurch ausgelöste Traurigkeit als intensiver, als dies Männer tun (Bradley et al. 2001).

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Schienle, A. (2007). Geschlechterdifferenzen in der Emotionalität aus der Sicht des Neuroimaging. In: Lautenbacher, S., Güntürkün, O., Hausmann, M. (eds) Gehirn und Geschlecht. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71628-0_8

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