Women’s intuition is biological: Lower exposure to testosterone in the womb gives females an extra ‘sense’

71200 Female intuition – a woman’s ability to discern what other people are thinking and feeling – is mysterious.
But now a new study claims that it could be partly biological and related to the lower prenatal exposure to testosterone that females receive in the womb.
A team of international experts think explains why women are ‘more intuitive and less reflective’ than men.
Previous studies have shown that prenatal exposure to testosterone affects developments in the brain and that men take more risks than women because they received a higher amount of testosterone while in the womb, Medical Xpress reported.
Scientists describe intuition as thoughts that are processed unconsciously and automatically, requiring little cognitive effort, while reflexive thought requires conscious analysis and takes more effort.
Intuitive thoughts are considered to be more emotional, while analytical thoughts are more rational.
The scientists from the University of Granada, the Barcelona Pompeu Fabra University and Middlesex University carried out experiments on 600 students from the University of Granada to see whether men are less intuitive than women.
To do this, they used the ‘digital ratio’ which is an indication of prenatal testosterone levels and is calculated by dividing the length of the forefinger by the length of the ring finger of the same hand.
The scientists carried out experiments on 600 students from the University of Granada to see whether men are less intuitive than women. To do this, they used the ‘digital ratio’ which is an indication of prenatal testosterone levels and is calculated by dividing the length of the forefinger by the length of the ring finger of the same hand
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The scientists carried out experiments on 600 students from the University of Granada to see whether men are less intuitive than women. To do this, they used the ‘digital ratio’ which is an indication of prenatal testosterone levels and is calculated by dividing the length of the forefinger by the length of the ring finger of the same hand
WHAT IS THE DIGITAL RATIO?
The digital ratio is an indication of prenatal testosterone levels.
It is calculated by dividing the length of the forefinger by the length of the ring finger of the same hand.
The lower the ratio, the greater the prenatal testosterone received and therefore the more ‘masculine’ the cerebral disposition, regardless of the person’s gender.
Men have a lower average digital ratio than women.
‘The lower the ratio, the greater the prenatal testosterone received and, therefore, the more «masculine» the cerebral disposition, regardless of the person’s gender,’ said Antonio Manuel Espin, lecturer at the University of Granada.
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