Those deemed in the higher class may be envied for their luxurious cars, large homes and stylish clothes, but there is one thing they do not have – the ability to read people's emotions. A study used a cognitive empathy test called'the Reading the mind in the eyes,' which participants from higher and lower social classes were asked to determine emotional states from images of eyes. The results showed those in the lower class were better at understanding other people's minds compared to their counterparts. Experts suggest the reason is because lower social classes tend to prioritize the needs and preferences of others, and are ultimately more empathetic. A study used a cognitive empathy test called'the Reading the mind in the eyes,' which participants from higher and lower social classes were asked to determine emotional states from images of eyes - and the team calculated the scores The study was conducted by a team at the University of California, Irvine who questioned – 'How does access to resources (e.g., money, education) influence the way we process information about other human beings,' PsyPost reported.

Several Facebook groups are dedicated to it, one with over 3,000 likes, New Yorker readers overwhelmingly selected it as the word to eliminate from the dictionary, and Jimmy Fallon sarcastically thanked it for being the worst word in the English language. When you ask people why this might be, there is no shortage of armchair theory: that there's something about the sounds involved, that it puts your face in a position similar to the facial expression of disgust, or that it reminds people of mold or sex. Psychologist Paul Thibodeau and his colleagues ran a study to sort it out. They gave participants a set of words and asked them to rate how, whether, and to what degree, each word made them uncomfortable. Twenty-one percent of the people in the study had an aversion to the unloved word.