Posted on 05/22/2016 1:49:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Men are more likely to guess the endings of complex TV crime dramas because women are distracted by the emotion of the story, claims a leading psychologist. Dr David Lewis has said that men remain detached while watching detective dramas such as ITV’s The Secret and BBC1’s Undercover and pick up on hints about the ending that women miss. Dr Lewis said: ‘A man is much more likely to look at that and say “ah ha!” A woman, because she is focused on the emotions, is less likely to spot these things designed to give you a hint.
‘Women tend to be much more empathic. They tend to associate with people at an emotional level much better than men.’ The psychologist is the director of research laboratory Mindlab International in Brighton and was speaking to coincide with the launch of season 2 of US detective series Bosch on Amazon Prime. He said research shows the pathway that connects the two halves of the brain, called the corpus callosum, is greater in women.
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same. Waaayyyyy before she does, and then I call it out “he did it” and why and she gets angry :)
She gets even angrier when it turns out I’m right, and she’ll tell me “well, I knew it too!”
I hope you enjoyed your academic career Dr. Lewis.
“Women tend to be much more empathic. They tend to associate with people at an emotional level much better than men.’”
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Gee,what a genius this guy is. :-)
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Miss Marple respectfully disagrees.
I just misremembered there’s an long-time freeper by the same name, from whom I haven’t seen many posts in quite some time. Apologies.
They follow a pattern.
Many times, on certain dramas, I can point out who the killer will end up being.
Occasionally, the honor get split when there is more than one involved in the killing.
It has more to do with recognizing the pattern than following the clues.
Also, when certain low-key actors show up, you just know they are the culprit.
It’s pretty easy. If it’s a white male conservative Christian, that’s your killer.
You all do understand that the authors are deliberately trying to fool the emotions. Its not like this is a fair test of intelligence. Mystery writers often create emotional distractions because they know they work. Not because those emotional distracts aren’t real-life clues.
What works in fiction does not necessarily work in real-life. And what works in real-life is intentionally thwarted in fiction.
Because women are naturally emotionally shallow wrecks? Just kidding.
The French-born academic said that older viewers were also likely to shy away from gratuitous violence on screen which is why programmes such as ITV’s Midsomer Murders has such enduring appeal.
Isn't this the truth. I can't stand all the gratuitous violence on T.V. and in movies these days. I grew up when Billy Jack was an R rated because it was considered too violent. Billy Jack does not have anything on today's regular prime time t.v.
& Jessica Fletcher
I live alone now.
My ex wife was the best detective in the history of detection.
Not unlike God his own self, she would have smelled the guilt oozing from Cain and immediately known what he had done.
Not at our house ... hubby never gueses correctly, and he majored in criminal justice, but not woman’s intuition !
The writers are probably male. If there were more women writers for these shows, the “solutions” would be different.
This woman guesses right about 95% of the time, whereas the man of the house is clueless.
*I* think the empathetic and emotional qualities we have only help solving the TV crimes. Plus, we pick up on all kinds of clues and men can’t tell you what color your eyes are - right?
Just like when I told him his sister was cheating, his brother was mad, and explained various problems at his workplace - and he scoffed until I was proven right.
‘Women tend to be much more empathic. “
When I figure out the endings of crime dramas, I try to put myself in the mind of the script writer, and guess how they would want the story to turn. Does that make me less empathetic, or more so?
Women can put aside emotion any time they choose. Just as men can tap into emotion anytime they choose. Same for many other thought or emotional components of people.
It’s all about learning to look at and experience things in different ways, rather than stay stuck in original patterns we each made as a child.
Really bugs me all the books about men are this way and women are that way. Teaching people to stay stuck and celebrate it (”this is how I am” baloney), instead of seeing if another way of viewing or dealing with things may help them be a more full, whole, calmer, healthier person and enjoy life and family/relations more.
I’m whatcha call elderly, and I don’t shy away from violence in entertainment. However, gratuitous, titillating, seemingly mandatory sex turns me off more and more over the years.
Try looking for it, the guy with the red tie, the gal in the red blouse, they are generally always the villain.
The person in blue is generally innocent.
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