COLUMBUX, Ohio, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said Monday that women seem to be better than men at remembering the appearance of others.
Researchers at Ohio State University said the gender difference in determining appearance was not great, but it demonstrates an area in which women are superior to men in interpersonal sensitivity.
In two studies, participants were told beforehand that they were going to be tested about their memory of the people they viewed. In these studies, college students -- 77 and 111 in the respective studies -- viewed videotapes and slides of people talking about themselves or interacting with others. After viewing the tapes or slides, participants were asked various questions to test their memory. They were asked about things such as eye color, whether a person was wearing a ring or other jewelry, the pattern of a person's sweater, and if a person had his or her arms crossed.
The study also found both men and women did better at remembering the appearance of women than they did remembering how men looked.
