Do women have better senses than men?

From what I've heard and observed they seem to. They say women have a better sense of color identification and a better sense of smell than men.

But how much better?

This interests me.

Every girl I've dated seems to pick up on my natural pheromones much faster than I do her's.

Taste and smell also go hand in hand; this may explain why men and women often have different food preferences. So in a way it may make sense.

I don't know about the color identification and response theory though. Anybody know anything about that or have any experiences on that?

 

i've never noticed any difference. interesting concept though, i wonder if there is anything to it.

 

The color identification makes sense considering women are more asthetically inclined (although that could be more related to culture) and men are more prone to color-blindness.

Hormones could play a part in women having a higher sensitivity to smell. I know a woman's sense of smell increases drastically during pregnancy.

I would be interested in researching that theory from an evolutionary standpoint.

 

maybe it has to do with how womens' brains have more multi-tasking characteristics than mens'? thats what i've heard of at least.

 

when my hormones are raging, my boyfriend seems to be glued to me like a magnet...however, I do notice that I smell bad things more than he does. But hey, if they say women have better sense of smell, it makes me feel like I'm not totally insane

 

This is interesting . I don't know about the real science of it , but i would think this .

That men being hunters and warriors , should be able to have better color identification . ie , picking out deer in the brush , or the enemy in tall grass .Color identification is key to these skills .

I've also noticed that men are much better with spacial parameters then women . Like judging distance , how far something is away . Again I think it's from hunting skills .

My kingdom for a woman that can parallel park !

As far as sense of smell , idn . Women may have an edge here as they did most of the cooking , so may be better attuned to when something was bad or inedible .

As far as sense of hearing , i would guess both we equally good at listening for signs of danger , and things around their immediate proximity.

As far as taste , women may have a slight edge .

Touch would be equal i would guess .

sixth sense - Would be all women , cause they always seem to know when we are fucking up .

These would be mu unscientific guesses .

 

I think it's a fun part of the "science explains everything" game we try to play today, that we want to find a way to relate every human trait to hunter-gatherers, as if that were the only significant event in the entire history of the species that could have affected future generations. I'm not trying to start an argument here, just pointing out what I see as a general trend; the other is the tendency to break things down along gender lines.

Think about it. We've all met both men and women who have no idea what's going on around them, some with very keen senses, and most are somewhere in between. Now, if you were to study women the world over, perhaps they would have some statistical advantage; but this has to be taken for what it is. It means nothing for the woman who doesn't fit the general statistical picture (bad senses), and the one who does may as well praise her own personal set of good senses, rather than explain it by the fact that she's a woman. As being a woman, she could still have been the one with poor senses.

 

Ah yes, here it is:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1796447.stm

Women's greater ability to detect odours and aromas could be linked to the oestrogen hormone, according to research.
A US study showed women of reproductive age are far better at identifying odours than men after repeated exposure to the source of the smell.

Researchers found female subjects whose odour sensitivity was tested many times, were able to detect the cherry-almond smell of benzaldehyde and a few other odours at progressively much lower concentrations.

Male subjects taking part in similar tests never improved their ability to identify odours with experience.

Researchers suggest the study results raise the possibility that female sex hormones have a role in enabling exposure-induced increases in odour sensitivity.

Experts say many studies show women out perform men in olfactory (sense of smell) sensitivity.

Tim Jacobs, Professor of Physiology at Cardiff University, said: "Some studies have shown that during ovulation, there's a surge of oestrogen which increases sensitivity.

"The structure of the nose is the same in women as men.

"They don't have any more receptors in the nose.

"Studies have also shown smells activate a greater region in the brain in women than men."

Psychologist Neil Martin says the study findings are interesting.

Female 'superiority'

He said: "There is a wealth of scientific data showing women's superiority at identifying and detecting odours at even very small concentrations.

"A recent study showed that although sex differences in olfactory superiority are not found in middle age and beyond (45-87 years), personality and semantic memory were found to be better predictors of odour identification, even when sex, age and education were taken into account."

The tests were originally carried out on six subjects.

The same six subjects took part in a second test alongside six new subjects.

They used benzaldehyde again and a second substance, isoamyl acetate, which smells like bananas.

Sensitivity to benzaldehyde increased substantially for both the experienced women and the new "naive" group, but not for men.

However this was not repeated with isoamyl acetate.

Scientists at Monell Chemical Senses Center concluded the effect of repeated testing of odours was replicable but odour specific.

The tests were then carried out in young girls and post menopausal women to assess whether hormones played a part.

An equal number of age-matched boys and men were also tested.

Among the younger subjects, sensitivity to benzaldehyde did not change with time for either boys or girls.

Similarly, there were no significant gender differences across the older groups.

 

Possibly smells but certainly not all senses.

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I'll concede that I like to watch women dance more though but that's pretty unreal.
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It depends different people.

 

I know that women can generally multi task and men often have the ability to 'hyper-focus'.