Men often accuse women of hiding things from them. Socks, underwear, butter, car keys, wallets.
But, as many woman knows, they're all there. It's just that men can't see them.

So why don't they notice what's right in front of their faces?

Because a woman has a wider arc of peripheral vision than a man - possibly because of her ancient role as a 'nest-defender' - she can see most of the contents of a fridge or cupboard without moving her head.

This is opposite to a man, whose vision is more tunnel-like (configured for long distances - a throwback from their days as hunters).

A woman can identify matching items in a drawer, cupboard or across a room and later remember objects in a complex random pattern - such as where the butter is in the fridge.

But, because of their tunnel vision, men can have difficulty locating things at close range - keys, socks and so on.

New research even suggests that male brains are searching in the fridge for the word butter.

If the packet is facing the wrong way, they just can't see it.

Women can't believe men are so unobservant. Yet, to be fair, men are often amazed at how a woman can't see a flashing red oil light on a car dashboard, yet can spot a dirty sock in a dark corner 50 yards away.

A woman's life is much less stressful when she understands the problems men have seeing things at a close range.

And when a woman tells a man 'It's in the cupboard!' it is less stressful for him to believe her, and continue his search.

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