NationStates Jolt Archive


Male brains 'not wired' to listen to women

Zarastua
13-08-2005, 18:57
"Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse.

Scientists have found that women`s voices are more difficult for men to listen to than men`s.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield tracked activity in the brains of 12 men while playing recordings of different voices.

There were startling differences in the way the brain responded to male and female sounds.

Men deciphered female voices using the auditory part of the brain that processes music.

Male voices engaged a simpler mechanism at the back of the brain."

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