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Thanks Laurie, great reply, very interesting and thought provoking as usual. If you get the transcripts, please let me know as I'd be interested in getting a copy myself to look over again. talk with ya soon... (-: smiles, Corynne > Corynne wrote: >> >> This might be of more concern to Laurie, (as she was asking about more >>info about hearing and gender) Sarahjane and Kim but I remebered some >other >>information I learned about possible differences in hearing between the >>genders. There was a special edition of 20/20 a few months back which >was >>strictly devoted to the discussion of cerebral differences between >genders. >[snip...] > >Thanks Corynne! Very interesting, and kind of funny too - not having seen the >program, I was reminded of the classic sitcom scene of a hapless husband >oblivious to his frustrated wife, with countless satirical variations that are >flattering to neither ;-). The question of which perceptual behaviors >are >culturally/environmentally learned as opposed to being physiological in origin >is extremely complex. (The old conundrum "which comes first, the chicken >or >the egg" comes to mind, not to mention the tangled circular web of >physiological changes *triggered* by certain behaviors.) Anyway, I emailed ABC >to see if the transcript and references could be gotten. > >>to one story and not the other one. The conclusions of the researchers >>were that women's attentions will be drawn back and forth between the two >>stories and get bits and pieces of each and have an almost impossible >time >>staying on one story while the other one is also going which is exactly >>what happened to me. I've had this before also and it's really annoying >>sometimes but it's good if your trying to listen to more than one person >at >>a time. Supposedly, men can tune out one story much more easily and >listen >>to it only, they seem to have trouble listening to more than one thing >at a >>time. > >I wonder if this occurs primarily with speech, or if any of these >supposed >differences are also evident in how males and females perceive music -- >multiple layers, counterpoint, melody, etc.? > >More sophisticated, aware listening, as musicians generally experience it, is a >skill that can be developed with training and practice. It seems that >such >people would not necessarily populate the statistical norm that is being >discussed here. > >My sweetie, who was a fighter pilot, just told me an interesting and >vaguely >related story about airline pilot training. (This was a while back, when there >were extremely few, if any, women in either the cockpit or control tower.) The >problem was alerting the pilot, whose attention was already considerably >divided due to a flight emergency, to extremely important warnings. >During >landing, one of the most critical signals is to lower the @#$%^&* landing >wheels! They found out the hard way that big blinking red warning lights were >often ineffective. They added a unique, loud, and persistent beep. Some >pilots *still* didn't notice, and would land gear up. A blaring horn blast was >tried, but occasionally missed, the consequences of which tended to make >passengers rather unhappy. Then somebody had an inspiration... get this: the >most effective warning device, amidst the general cockpit hubbub, was a woman's >voice calmly telling the guy to get his gear down! (No comments from the peanut >gallery.) I wonder if it is still as effective nowadays, since women's voices >are much more common in that environment? Also, what works best with >women >pilots? ...Hey, I bet they don't even *need* to be warned, they're already on >top of it! ~#:-)))) > >Anyway, I can hear it now. Music For Landing Very Large Aircraft... > >Gee, the "my girlfriend's taste in music" thread has gone through a few >permutations! (BTW, what does this list usually talk about? Something about >loops? Trying to remember...) > >and smiles to you, too, Corynne -- >laurie > > > > > > > >