Figure 1

***p < 0.001. Study 1: Empathy ratings showed that emotionally negative videos elicited stronger negative affect compared to affect ratings after neutral videos. Significant interaction effects were observed between emotional video narrations and participant’s gender for empathy and compassion measures. Analysis of question accuracy and reaction times (on correctly answered trials) revealed no significant interaction effects among theory of mind questions and participants’ gender. Bars indicate mean ± 95% CI.