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It’s not that I’m being inattentive — it’s just so much more difficult for me to understand you!<\/a><\/p>\n

The research shows men decipher female voices using the auditory part of the brain that processes music, while male voices engage a simpler mechanism.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail <\/em>quotes 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”.<\/p>\n

“This causes a more complex range of sound frequencies than in a male voice,” Mr Hunter said.<\/p>\n

See? If I’m saying “La la la” under my breath, it’s because I’m just singing along!<\/p>\n

Ow!<\/em><\/p>\n

(via the Flea<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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