posted on August 8, 2005 09:11:53 AM new
Men really do have trouble hearing women, scientists find.
LONDON (AFP) - Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's, a report said.
The Daily Mail, quoting findings published in the specialist magazine
NeuroImage, said researchers at Sheffield university in northern England discovered startling differences in the way the brain responds to male and female sounds.
Men deciphered female voices using the auditory part of the brain that processes music, while male voices engaged a simpler mechanism, it said.
The Mail quoted researcher Michael Hunter as saying, "The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice, due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between men and women, and also due to women having greater natural 'melody' in their voices.
"This causes a more complex range of sound frequencies than in a male voice."
The findings may help explain why people suffering hallucinations usually hear male voices, the report added, as the brain may find it much harder to conjure up a false female voice accurately than a false male voice.
posted on August 8, 2005 09:37:33 AM new
Well....if they had something worth saying,I'd be worried about it.
classicrock<-----ducking
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Golfer:Stop checking your watch all the time,its too much of a distraction.
Caddy:Its not a watch, its a compass
posted on August 8, 2005 10:16:05 AM new
I'm just wondering if the men who have such a good ear for music are also the ones that seem to listen to women the best?
posted on August 8, 2005 10:31:31 AM new
Sure! You should all try this experiment at home. Ask your husband to do the dishes. After 20 minutes and you see the dishes aren't done, whisper that he won the lottery. See which one he hears.
posted on August 8, 2005 11:51:31 AM new
LoL! You fell right into my trap, boys. So you admit that you'd rather get in the car, drive to wherever, pick out a new set of dishes, bring them home, unpack and WASH them instead of just doing the ones in the sink? Maybe now you can understand why Maggie has gone through 37 husbands.
posted on August 8, 2005 01:06:30 PM new
Yes, they definitely have "Selective Hearing"... 37 husbands, Krafty!!!!!!!!!!!!
Four (4) a measly 4 only....(so far LOL)
posted on August 8, 2005 01:09:58 PM new
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? PLEASE SPEAK UP. Don't anyone kid yourselves ladies (men can hear loud and clear when they want to)that saying has been around a very long time.
posted on August 8, 2005 01:14:39 PM newI CAN"T HEAR YOU
"Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper." --Robert E. Lee
