From the annals of "Duh" magazine.
Mar. 21st, 2004 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesqWhy don't men ask for directions - it seems it's because men are better then women at finding their way out of mazes.
The article suggests this is a difference in how the brain works in men and women. Men are better at spatial reasoning, women are better at communicating. When lost, each goes for their strong suit in resolving the situation.
There are problems with the study the article talks about and they acknowledge some of them. For example, the results might be skewed by the fact that men have more experience with video games (or men like video games because their brains are wired for them in the first place)
Me? I haven't been lost since I was seven. I attribute this to several things:
1) I'm good at mazes (The Bruce, whose watched me play through Duke Nukem and Jedi Knight can attest to this).
2) I know how to read a map - a skill that's rarer then you might think.
3) When all else fails, I ask for directions.
So much for stereotypes.
The article suggests this is a difference in how the brain works in men and women. Men are better at spatial reasoning, women are better at communicating. When lost, each goes for their strong suit in resolving the situation.
There are problems with the study the article talks about and they acknowledge some of them. For example, the results might be skewed by the fact that men have more experience with video games (or men like video games because their brains are wired for them in the first place)
Me? I haven't been lost since I was seven. I attribute this to several things:
1) I'm good at mazes (The Bruce, whose watched me play through Duke Nukem and Jedi Knight can attest to this).
2) I know how to read a map - a skill that's rarer then you might think.
3) When all else fails, I ask for directions.
So much for stereotypes.
