Posted on 07/20/2008 9:30:34 AM PDT by Coffee200am
Oops ! He forgot your birthday again. Well do not blame his memory for this innocent forgetfulness as the the reason behind it is down in the genes.
While men may fail to match a woman's ability to remember the date of an anniversary, they are better at storing a seemingly endless cache of facts and figures and all this is because of genetic differences.
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, have found that males use different genes from females when making the new connections in the brain that are needed to create long-term memories. They believe this might explain why men are far better at remembering ''tactical'' memories, such as travel directions and trivia, while women form more ''emotional'' memories such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries and details about the world around them. Professor Peter Giese, who led the Medical Research Council- funded research , said they had identified two genes that seemed to be important for learning and making memories in males but not females. ''It is unexpected that there should be such a difference within a species, but then we have to remember that males and females are far from identical at the genetic level as males have an X and Y chromosome while females have two X chromosomes. It is conceivable that the differences we found do account for the differences in the way the memories of men and women perform in different circumstances, '' he said.
The researchers used mice to study the role that certain genes play in how long-term memories are made in males and females. Using a series of tests such as a maze they were able to show that male mice were faster at making the spatial memories that allowed them to learn a route out of the maze. ''We see these sex differences in humans too as males and females use different strategies when it comes to remembering a route through a city, for example. In some tasks males are better than females and in other occasions females are better than males, '' Professor Giese said.
''These genetic differences could be very important in studying diseases like Alzheimer's, where memory is affected. Females are affected by Alzheimer's more than males, so it could mean the way females make memories is more vulnerable to disease.''
My Wedding Anniversary is Nov. 10th, the Marine Corps Birthday. No way I could forget!
Mr G gave me the best Christmas present ever.... one that still has brownie points attached to it even 15 years later.
He went through the calendar and picked a special day in every month of the year... the day we met, the day we got engaged, our anniversary, his birthday, my birthday, etc etc... and ordered flowers to be delivered on each of those days. So I had a year’s worth of arrangements delivered, but mostly I had a list that he gave me with each day highlighted and an explanation as to why it was important. It was the most romantic present he ever gave me (and I still have the list).
He never has to hit another day correctly for the rest of his life.
Oh, and in this family, I am the one who forgets dates.
All of us girls who have ever been in a car with a man who refuses to stop and ask directions just realized this study is pure bunk.
” I completely forgot it was my birthday this year”
I do my best to forget mine but somehow I know when the day arrives but I don’t tell anyone hoping that they will forget.
I couldn't agree more. If you live day #1 thru day #364 like you mean it, you can live day 365 as normal, and it will mean more than any Hallmark moment could ever mean.
My 30th anniversary is in November. I won't love my wife any more on that day, than I do today.
Any other questions?
If a woman places importance on annual "events",( Valentines Day particularly) that is a symptom that she is very insecure in the relationship, for any variety of reasons, and not always to do with the man.
My wife puts it this way. "If I have to rely on what you get me for Valentines Day to know that you love me, we've got some serious problems.
Yet, for may couples, that's how it is.
I’ll ping you again in a year. ;’)
For what?
What what?
I asked you first.
When?
My latest invention: A recording intercom -
You speak into the one at the bottom of the stairs, recording why you’re going upstairs.
When you get to the intercom at the top of the stairs, you hit playback so you can remember what you went upstairs for.
Or was it the first day of Summer?
I don’t need to remember birthdays and anniversaries. That’s what calendar programs are for.
When what?
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1. Which is why they have to feel their way around.
2. Don’t make me get ugly unless you really mean it!
3. So who’s counting?
4. Only under certain circumstances, and only for certain ears to hear.
5. Tell me all your secrets.
6. There’s a better place to put it.
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