Men have more difficulty understanding the emotions of the opposite sex. The reason is science, and in the brains of these gentlemen. It would affect more precisely the area that manages empathy Scientific study confirms the view held by some for long thesis. Men do not understand women's emotions, at least not very well. They are more sensitive than men, they recognize by identification. The explanation is given by German scientists of the University Hospital of Bochum. They showed men pictures of different expressive eyes, both male and female, and asked them what emotion could transmit this look. Men were twice as hard to identify the emotion shown when the subject of the photo was a woman. Men identify with their peers While the men looked at the photos, their brain activity was observed by the scanner. When watching a male gaze, the men managed to project, was working memory, to wake up old emotions. The study suggests they could understand the emotion conveyed by the look by identifying the photo by memories of similar emotions. In contrast, men were bewildered face women. Scientists have discovered that part of the brain that manages empathy was more active when guinea pigs looked a picture of a male gaze rather than a feminine look. Historical reasons for this misunderstanding? The authors of the study imply that male ability to understand other men could be historic. It would have been most important in ancient times, to understand the emotions of other people to guess their thoughts. "When men were more involved in hunting and battles of territory, it was important for them to predict and anticipate the intentions and actions of their rivals," the researchers comment in the journal PLoS ONE which was published the study.