Shapouri Soheil, Nejati Vahid, Eftekhar Ardebili Mehrdad
Masters of Cognitive Science, Iranian Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2015 Nov 3;29:286. eCollection 2015.
Researchers have been investigating similarities of and differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals for past few decades. Several studies have shown that in the particular domain (e.g., spatial ability), male homosexuals would resemble female heterosexuals better than male heterosexuals. Executive function, however, has received more attention than social cognition in this line of research.
This study focuses on theory of mind and empathy as two important components of social cognition in male homosexuals (N=14), male heterosexuals (N=15) and female heterosexuals (N=14).
Applying Reading the Mind in the Eyes test and the Empathy Quotient, no significant difference between groups was identified.
This study suggests that similarities of male homosexuals and female heterosexuals may be confined to executive function and not extended to some social cognition abilities like theory of mind or empathy.
在过去几十年里，研究人员一直在探究同性恋者与异性恋者之间的异同。多项研究表明，在特定领域（如空间能力），男同性恋者与女异性恋者的相似性高于男异性恋者。然而，在这一研究领域中，执行功能比社会认知受到了更多关注。
本研究聚焦于心理理论和共情，将其作为男同性恋者（N = 14）、男异性恋者（N = 15）和女异性恋者（N = 14）社会认知的两个重要组成部分。
应用“眼神读心”测试和共情商数，未发现各组之间存在显著差异。
本研究表明，男同性恋者与女异性恋者的相似性可能仅限于执行功能，并未扩展到心理理论或共情等某些社会认知能力。
