Why are men weaker at remembering faces?

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   Nadeeshan301posted 13 years ago

   Why are men weaker at remembering faces?

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   ikechiawazieposted 13 years ago

   Maybe because the have too many things to think about

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   Doc Snowposted 13 years ago

   Thanks for asking the question; I hadn't noticed that we guys were weaker at remembering faces.  (Typical man, right?)
   
   Apparently, it's so.  I found a Time online article on this, which said:
   
   "In lab settings, women routinely outperform men in facial-recognition skills, both in terms of speed and reliability. Imaging scans have shown that part of the reason is that men rely only on the right side of the brain in summoning up images of a face they've seen before, while women recruit from both hemispheres — literally doubling the brainpower.
   
   "Now, research from York University in Toronto has added a wrinkle to the existing wisdom. It's not just women whose brains are so nimble, the investigators have determined; it's gay men too."
   
   
   Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article … z1WntBuBmy

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   Lord De Crossposted 13 years ago

   If you see any movie... and see women's expressions; they actually check everything around them and make a comment about it. At that point the brain starts to grab faces and expressions and even changes in weather. The other thing is, they can talk easier than us. Nature and evolution made their wording thinnier and eloquent. We men are more practical. Just in the way we shake hands and salute our peers, you see women more attentive than men.

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   AngelTraderposted 13 years ago

   I have no problem remembering faces, I just never know what name to put to them!

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