Gender differences in judgments of multiple emotions from facial expressions.

@article{Hall2004GenderDI,
  title={Gender differences in judgments of multiple emotions from facial expressions.},
  author={Judith A. Hall and David Matsumoto},
  journal={Emotion},
  year={2004},
  volume={4 2},
  pages={
          201-6
        }
}
The authors tested gender differences in emotion judgments by utilizing a new judgment task (Studies 1 and 2) and presenting stimuli at the edge of conscious awareness (Study 2). Women were more accurate than men even under conditions of minimal stimulus information. Women's ratings were more variable across scales, and they rated correct target emotions higher than did men. 
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