Study reveals women are more productive when the temperature is higher

Study reveals women are more productive when the temperature is higherStudy reveals women are more productive when the temperature is higherIf youre familiar with the constant workplace struggle of women complaining its too cold and men complaining its too hot (albeit not every woman and every man), your sekretariat most likely struggles with the battle of the thermostat.But as it turns out, both women and men have a more valid argument than just wanting to be comfortable, according to a study published May 22 by Tom Chang and Agne Kajackaite from the USC Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, USA, and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, in Berlin, Germany.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe study indicated that temperature actually has an effect on cognitive performance and productivity, and these effects vary based on gender. Authors wrote that ordinary variations in room temperature can affect cognitive performance significantly and differently for men and women.Women performed better on math and verbal tests when it was hotterChang and Kajakaite had 543 German students take logic, math, and verbal tests in a room that was either cooled or heated to a range of temperatures between 61and 91 degrees Fahrenheit. ansicht students were getting paid based on the number of answers they answered correctly, so you know they were trying their very best.The results showed that female students generally performed better on math and verbal tests when the room was at the warmer end of the spectrum. At higher temperatures, women both attempted to solve andactually succeeded in solving correctly more math and verbal tasks than at lower temperatures.Men perform better on math and verbal tests at lower temperaturesIn contrast to female students, male students performed better on the math and verbal tests when the room was set to a lower temperature. Not only did mal e students submit fewer correct responses when the room was warmer, but actually submitted fewer responses in general.Perhaps the most interesting observation is that the increase in scores in women participants in response to higher temperatures is significantly larger than the decrease in the male students performance. So does this mean that women in the office now have the more valid argument?Room temperature did not impact logic test scoresLogic test scores were not impacted by the temperature of the room for either male or female students, only math and verbal.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people