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Men & Women Really Do "See Things Differently," Says Study

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Remember that scene in Fools Rush In where Salma Hayek paints her house a retina-scorching color while Matthew Perry, her "husband," is at work? Oh you didn't see it? It's a pretty stupid movie, so I don't blame you, but yeah, that happens. Then, after coming home and seeing what his off-the-pollero-truck Mexican wife has done to their lovely home, Matthew freaks-the-fuck-out. It's a hilariously racist moment in the movie -- you know, because all Mexicans LOVE fluorescent colors -- though now, thanks to this new study, perhaps there might be some truth -- at least from a gender perspective -- to the movie's script:

"Men are more sensitive to fine detail and things that move rapidly, but women are better at differentiating between colors."

Married straight dudes, this is why your coupled gay friends live in stylish apartments and you don't. They agree on the fine details of home decor, you and your wife can't stand in front of Home Depot's paint strip samples without getting into a screaming match. 

More specifics: 

"When the participants looked at colors across the spectrum, the researchers found that the men needed a slightly longer wavelength to detect the same hue as the women. They also had more trouble discriminating between colors in the center of the spectrum. Men were better able to resolve images that changed rapidly."

My father's comments suddenly make more sense now: "That ugly couch, the one you're sitting on, your mother bought that."

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Source: Hispanically Speaking

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