a couple of years ago published a study that assessed whether women and men respond differently to environments with very high population densities. Ie if I live very crowded resulted in different responses between men and women. Dr Wendy Regoeczy of Cleveland State University reported that in fact, it seems in general women are more likely to be depressed, while men are more likely to withdraw, and according to this author, there is no evidence that men become more aggressive, even if it describes that there are some individuals who become more aggressive and withdrawn (Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008).
Well, actually, this study focused the effect of living in cities with high population density, and not necessarily the situations faced by the now famous miners in Chile, where yes there was a high density, but rather because they are locked in a small space inside a mine.
gender differences.
But what would happen if the miners had been women rather than men?, Well, hard to imagine!, But what has been observed is that women respond differently than men in situations of stress. In a study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, JJ Wang and his coworkers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, found that a simple task involving counting numbers produced back stress responses that were different in men and women . While men favored the typical responses of "fight or flight" in females produced responses that tend to induce group cohesion. Why suggest this? Well, because men found a better correlation between the release of cortisol (which is a measure of stress) with activation of the prefrontal cortex obtained with fMRI, while women showed activation is rather the limbic system, which is more associated with emotions. This difference between men and women has been found in several studies, for example, Shelley E. Taylor of the University of California, reported in Psychological Review in 2000, under stress women release oxytocin, which encourages conduct relating to childcare, and the willingness to strengthen friendly ties with other women, behaviors turn tend to reduce stress.
Areas of brain activation in men and women under stress conditions
And speaking of emotions, the initial excitement of the audience was captivated by the story of the miners was delight, however, surely a time to cool this emotion will other aspects that may be worthy of study under the microscope of the social sciences for understanding the dynamics that occurred not only among these miners trapped for many days, but that of their friends and family and the millions of people that followed the event on television.
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