A study has finally revealed why men are more forgetful than women
A study by Aston University has finally revealed why men are more forgetful than women
By Nicola Harley
12:27AM BST 30 May 2015
Men forgetting to wash-up, putting the bin out and picking up their clothes might sound familiar to some women but scientists have discovered why.
Research has revealed that men are not as good at remembering.
A 100 men and women aged from 15 to 40 were given memory tasks over two minute periods, 15 minutes and 24 hours.
Researcher Liana Palermo, of Birmingham’s Aston University, discovered that women were better than men at remembering to perform future tasks that were linked to events.
Though both struggled to remember events in the distant future.
Writing in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Dr Palermo said: "The fact that in addition to work responsibilities, women also have more responsibilities at home. ... As a consequence of this social role, in daily life women might perform tasks involving prospective memory/planning skills more than men, thus enhancing their performance in remembering to remember."
She said examples may include a woman remembering to buy milk rather than the man.
Also gender differences due to hormones or brain structure may be a factor, she added, as the brain’s memory hub shrinks in men, but not in women, between the ages of 20 and 40.
A study by Aston University has finally revealed why men are more forgetful than women
By Nicola Harley
12:27AM BST 30 May 2015
Men forgetting to wash-up, putting the bin out and picking up their clothes might sound familiar to some women but scientists have discovered why.
Research has revealed that men are not as good at remembering.
A 100 men and women aged from 15 to 40 were given memory tasks over two minute periods, 15 minutes and 24 hours.
Researcher Liana Palermo, of Birmingham’s Aston University, discovered that women were better than men at remembering to perform future tasks that were linked to events.
Though both struggled to remember events in the distant future.
Writing in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Dr Palermo said: "The fact that in addition to work responsibilities, women also have more responsibilities at home. ... As a consequence of this social role, in daily life women might perform tasks involving prospective memory/planning skills more than men, thus enhancing their performance in remembering to remember."
She said examples may include a woman remembering to buy milk rather than the man.
Also gender differences due to hormones or brain structure may be a factor, she added, as the brain’s memory hub shrinks in men, but not in women, between the ages of 20 and 40.
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