This is a generally held belief that I've read in a couple of places that women are better at multitasking than men. But then the trade off is that men are better at concentrating and focusing on a single activity.

So all of these difference between man and women have trade off's and a very generalized.

So to balance out the "…[women’s] sensory perception and wider peripheral vision"

Men generally have better spatial awareness than women.

So you ya know we're better off working together... ;)

Oh and another one off the top of my head is that women are audio learners and men visual learners. So if you want a woman to learn something, tell her. If you want a man to learn something, draw a picture! :)

Drawing attention to the fact that the scientist who led the study is female, seems like an attempt to invalidate her work solely based on her gender. This is an attitude from the dark ages, I'm afriad. If it were a male scientist proving something, I wonder if you would be so quick to draw attention to his gender....