Verbal acuity in men vs. women

RegularGuy July 28, 2019 at 19:10 2625 views 4 comments

I am an avid watcher of MSNBC. One general observation that I’ve made is that of the talking heads, the men seem to hem and haw (using pauses with “um” or “uh”) MUCH more frequently than the women do. Is this an observation that others have made as well? If so, what can be inferred from that?

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Baden July 28, 2019 at 19:58 #310983 0 likes

Reply to Noah Te Stroete

Nothing of scientific value. But you might be able to infer something from this:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28365902
i.e. A slight potential advantage in verbal fluency among women over men worthy of further study.

RegularGuy July 28, 2019 at 20:02 #310986 0 likes

Reply to Baden Interesting. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

Baden July 28, 2019 at 20:03 #310987 0 likes

Reply to Noah Te Stroete

No worries.

god must be atheist August 17, 2019 at 21:04 #317036 0 likes

Quoting Baden

No worries.

Yet, I still keep on worrying.