Study Claims Men Have A Better Sense Of Direction Than Women
- 8 years ago
Men and women approach navigational tasks in fundamentally different ways, according to researchers. This doesn't change when women are dosed with testosterone.
Watch out ladies, a study says men have a better sense of direction.
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology used MRI scans to track brain activity as participants completed tasks in a digital maze.
Men were able to solve 50 percent more of the tasks than women—apparently due to the difference in the navigational strategies employed.
According to Carl Pintzka, a PhD candidate at the university's neuroscience department, "If they're going to the Student Society building in Trondheim, for example, men usually go in the general direction where it's located. Women usually orient themselves along a route to g
Watch out ladies, a study says men have a better sense of direction.
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology used MRI scans to track brain activity as participants completed tasks in a digital maze.
Men were able to solve 50 percent more of the tasks than women—apparently due to the difference in the navigational strategies employed.
According to Carl Pintzka, a PhD candidate at the university's neuroscience department, "If they're going to the Student Society building in Trondheim, for example, men usually go in the general direction where it's located. Women usually orient themselves along a route to g