During the study, men and women who focused on the body regarded that person as ‘experience’ with little capacity to plan and act.

Professor Gray suggested this was because people automatically think of minds and bodies as separate things, even opposites.

The capacity to act is more often tied to the ‘mind’ while experience is linked to the body.

It translated that wearing little clothes in an environment like the office can have a negative impact because it can imply a lack of competence and leadership.