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Friday, July 6, 2007

The Myth Of Talking

Men and women talk as much as each other, suggests a study which says that, on average, both genders speak around 16,000 words a day - a fact challenging the traditional notion that girls are considerably more chatty than boys.

"The stereotype of female talkativeness is deeply engrained in western folklore and often considered a scientific fact," says Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona, in an article published today in the journal Science.

In her book the Female Brain, the neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine reported that women used about 20,000 words a day and men 7,000. Professor Mehl said the estimates seemed to have gained "the status of a cultural myth".

Over six years his team recorded the daily conversations of about 400 American and Mexican university students, who wore electronically activated recorders that captured 30-second snatches of talk every 12.5 minutes. The women had a daily average of 16,215 words, versus the men's total of 15,669 words.

Prof Mehl said that while there was no statistically significant difference between the sexes, there were between individuals - from 500 words a person to 45,000. "We conclude ... the stereotype about female talkativeness is unfounded," he said.

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