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Gender and the Communication of Emotion Via Touch.

Matthew J Hertenstein and Dacher Keltner

Sex Roles 64(1-2):70-80 (2011) PMID 21297854 PMCID PMC3016097

We reanalyzed a data set consisting of a U.S. undergraduate sample (N = 212) from a previous study (Hertenstein et al. 2006a) that showed that touch communicates distinct emotions between humans. In the current reanalysis, we found that anger was communicated at greater-than-chance levels only when a male comprised at least one member of a communicating dyad. Sympathy was communicated at greater-than-chance levels only when a female comprised at least one member of the dyad. Finally, happiness was communicated only if females comprised the entire dyad. The current analysis demonstrates gender asymmetries in the accuracy of communicating distinct emotions via touch between humans.

DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9842-y
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