The age old ‘battle of the thermostat’ has taken a new turn with a new study suggesting that women score better in tests taken in warmer rooms. It is a universal truth that most women in work spaces feel much colder than men.
A specific study went on to suggest that since women have slower metabolic rates, the formula used to set temperatures at workplaces may have overestimated heat production in women’s bodies by almost 35 percent.
According to an article by the New York Times, a less addressed question is whether the temperature has anything to do with women’s productivity. An experiment conducted showed that under warmer temperatures women performed better than men in verbal and math tests as compared to a colder setting.