Women may be just that little better at handling stress than men. Researchers asked a group of students to memorize a list of words. They then asked them to speak before a stern committee and perform a complex mathematical task after wards. Finally they were tested on how many of the original words they could recall. Men with high levels of the stress hormone cortisol performed badly, but no such correlation was found in the women. Since previous research with postmenopausal women had come up with the opposite results, the team believes the female hormone oestradiol may help counter stress.
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