During my time at University I was involved in some research studies, one was particularly aligned to this study. Essentially I myself (Male) had to stand up i

During my time at University I was involved in some research studies, one was particularly aligned to this study. Essentially I myself (Male) had to stand up in a small room, in front of 6 young women and talk about myself for I think 2 minutes whilst being filmed. At the end of the chat I had to rate how I felt I did, then I watched the video of my conversation, then I had to rate myself again. I had to do this around 2-3 times from memory. During this time the "audience" could not smile, or reciprocate any emotion or discussion, they had to sit there blankly during my speech. The result of the experiment was that I had rated myself more confidently after seeing the video of myself speaking. Adding to the fact that we generally underestimate ourselves when speaking to others.