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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.

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