does gender affect the way you see optical illusions?

Question

hi....i have to do this science fair project and i dont know how to find if this answer is right or not!

PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

no.

the brain will interpret the illusion the same in both men and women. Gender makes no difference.

The occipital lobe of the brain is constructed in the same way for both genders. Biologically, there is no difference between the male occipital lobe and a woman's occipital lobe.

Actually, there is no difference between the male and female brain. The only difference our brains have is the fact that e have different hormone levels and are conditioned think differently.




Men and women both see the same illusion. (stare at an inverse of the american flag, both will see the correct colors when they look away. etc)





(((however, color blindness is more predominate in males. This however is not an optical illusion but an actual biological disability due to malfunctioning cones in the eyes)))

Answer 2

Male Optical Illusions

Answer 3

According to books I have previously read , such as Dr. Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right-side of the Brain, men tend to see the positive space in such illusions as the two faces making the vase (the men would be more likely to see the faces--because they appear as solid, due to their being black--whereas women supposedly see the vase first being that white is generally considered "empty space"). But I don't know how much stock I put in that claim--after all does the decision to view the one-kind of space or the other actually have a basis in our sex-hormones, our color interpretation, our use of the concept of lines and boundaries, etc?

But it should be an excellent science experiment--just post up a couple illusions of that type and include a flyer for folks to bubble in--without telling anyone the purpose of this experiment. On your form include the bubbles for Male, Female--names are not important nor are race--the only other bubble question required is a series of choices--include several different possible choices if possible or leave the choice out completely and simply ask--what do you see? and leave the question completely open--then you'll get a better oppinion of just how many different views may be possible to the two sexes. I would post several such illusions with a different place on your flyer for each illusion!

Holler back with your results--I'm interested in knowing the answer to this one myself!

Answer 4

you could probably show a correlation (due to a higher % of color blind in males.. that sort of thing).. but I doubt it would be strong enough to show cause/effect between the two.

Been a while since I've looked at this type of thing... but I would check out a book from a Perception class... those are books about HOW the body works and what not... you might be able to find the answer you are looking for there.

Answer 5

One way to know for certain is to conduct your own experiment with a group of people you know. Tally the results and make a decision. Use some of the drawings that you often see and show them to others. Good luck!

Answer 6

oooh

look into colour blindess, did you know that there is MUCH MUCH more men who are colourblind compared to women.

This is surely linked to your project. Look into optical illusions and colour. check this page out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness

and do a word search for "women" or "men"

look at the table for men and women, women are around 0.01% and men around 6% in cases.

you will find your answers there!

Answer 7

Yes:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/u66u167u1jp01512/

Or no:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2002-01/1012075353.Gb.r.html

Answer 8

don't know good question

Answer 9

no, it does'nt