The eyes have it: Men do see things differently to women
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The way that the visual centers of men and women's brains works is different, finds new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences. Men have greater sensitivity to fine detail and rapidly moving stimuli, but women are better at discriminating between colors.

The eyes have it: Men do see things differently to women

The way that the visual centers of men and women’s brains works is different, finds new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Biology of Sex Differences. Men have greater sensitivity to fine detail and rapidly moving stimuli, but women are better at discriminating between colors.

    • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      3 months ago

      You are literally charged more for insurance for being a man in the US because men are, observably and on average, worse drivers than women.

      • hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        3 months ago

        Yes, but to be more exact, men get in more expensive accidents, and women get into more frequent cheaper accidents. I assume it has to do more with risk taking.

        • FinishingDutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Pretty much. Men speed more for example and drive under the influence more often. High mortality risk on those.

          Women however tend to be a bit more distracted when driving; they use their phones more often behind the wheel for example. There’s also particular situations that simply happen more to women. I.e. they go grocery shopping and are distracted by the kids in the back seat and hit another car or object in the busy parking lot.

          That’s also why innovations like backup cameras and parking sensors are great at reducing those sorts of accidents. But still: tell the wife to put the phones away if she’s driving. For everyone else’s safety too.