According to a new study, women have stronger emotional responses and it helps them have better memories.

Experts say that women’s brain processes emotions differently than that of men. A large study by a research team at University of Basel in Switzerland found that women rate emotional images in a more intense manner than men and are thus more likely to remember them.

The study included a total of 3,398 participants and the researchers found evidence that females rated emotional image content in a more intense manner and found them more emotionally stimulating when compared to men. The emotional response was stronger especially with negative content. They also found that there were no gender-related differences in emotional response when it came to neutral images.The researchers found that female participants were able to recall more images than male participants. Women also could recall more positive images than men.

Study leader Annette Milnik said, “This would suggest that gender-dependent differences in emotional processing and memory are due to different mechanisms.” KlaraSpalek, lead author of the study said that the results supports common perception that women are more emotionally expressive than men