Women can differentiate between colors more finely, while men show more sensitivity to fine detail and rapidly moving objects, say researchers. Why the gender difference on vision? The reason, researchers say, rests in differences between the visual centers of each gender.
After a barrage of testing, it was shown that women are better at distinguishing among colors. Not to be left out, the same studies show men to excel at tracking fast-moving objects and resolving detail at a distance. It appears one truth remains — men and women still don't see eye to eye.
Men and women “see” the world differently.
Men often struggle to tell the difference between hues, as one in 12 of them are color blind, compared with one in 255 women. Researchers believe that some women may actually be able to see 99 million more colors than the average human being.
And, according to researchers, women tend to be more attentive, flexible, and organized. So at work, you're more likely to understand the task at hand better than your male coworker. Booyah. According to a study of IQ tests from around the world, women have higher IQs than men.
Male eyes are more sensitive to moving objects and small details, whereas female eyes are more in tune to color changes. There's more. Vision problems and eye disease affect men and women differently.
Typically women have larger eyes due to wider eye sockets and larger palpebral openings.
Women bear a higher burden of eye disease due to a longer life expectancy than men. So, they are more likely to experience serious, age-related diseases like AMD. But, even when adjusted for age, women still bear the burden of vision loss for AMD.
Sex differences in human intelligence have long been a topic of debate among researchers and scholars. It is now recognized that there are no significant sex differences in general intelligence, though particular subtypes of intelligence vary somewhat between sexes.
Key Takeaways. Across the world, it's a common assumption that women are more emotional than men. A new study found that women, whether regularly menstruating or taking hormonal birth control, have similar emotional patterns to men.
In general male skin is thicker, oilier and ages differently. Male skin is, on average, approximately 20% thicker than female skin. It contains more collagen and has a tighter, firmer appearance.
That is because the genes for the pigments in green and red cones lie on the X chromosome, and only women have two X chromosomes, creating the opportunity for one type of red cone to be activated on one X chromosome and the other type of red cone on the other one.
Researchers at the Newcastle University in England believe that some women may actually be able to see 99 million more colors than the average human being. Normally, people have just three types of cone cells for detecting different colors, but some women have four. They are called tetrachromats.
Males have 1 X chromosome and 1 Y chromosome, and females have 2 X chromosomes. The genes that can give you red-green color blindness are passed down on the X chromosome. Since it's passed down on the X chromosome, red-green color blindness is more common in men.
1000 men participated in a survey and surprisingly over 70% revealed that the first thing that grabs their attention in a female is her eyes, smile in second place and in close third, her chest.
Eagles and hawks are thought to have the sharpest vision in the animal kingdom and some species have the equivalent of 20/2.5 eyesight, which means they can make out small details up to eight times further away than humans can, enabling them to spot a meal three kilometers away.
Middle-aged women have a better memory than men. They also process information faster than men. In the years that follow, however, both cognitive functions decline faster in women. This has been shown by research conducted by RIVM and VU Amsterdam.
Some studies do show that males tend to have a statistically significantly higher level of mental toughness than females of the same age.
Rather, their growth spurt comes at the end of puberty, not the beginning. This delay gives boys the advantage of an extra two years of normal childhood growth before their final growth spurt. This is one of the reasons why adult men are on average 13cm taller than women.
Pictured above, Terence Tao is said to have the highest IQ score in the world currently, with an impressive score of between 225-230. If the Chinese-American mathematician scored 230 he is definitely out in front. Effectively tying for the title, though, is Marilyn Vos Savant.
He found six nations with sufficient data and, in five of them including New Zealand, women either matched men or exceeded them. On average, women had an IQ of 100.7 compared to men at 100. "One shouldn't exaggerate the significance of that," says Flynn.
Boys run faster than girls in all running phases, and the span between genders increases after the age of 15 years. It is useful that coaches take these findings into consideration when evaluating children in sprint performance.
Women Are Quicker With Colors
When it comes to distinguishing between shades, men appear to be far behind women. Men have a particularly difficult time seeing differences in shades of green, blue and yellow. In addition, specific colors can appear stronger or weaker depending on who is looking at them.
On standard tests of smelling ability – including odour detection, discrimination and identification – women consistently score significantly higher than men. One researcher has claimed that the superior olfactory ability of females is evident even in newborn babies.