Some say that women enjoy talking more than men – especially in the workplace. New research, however, actually counted the words and it seems we’ve all had it all wrong.
A research team led by Metthias R. Mehl, at the
Microphones – placed on 396 students for 2 to 10 days tracked conversations and counted words over each day. Can you guess the score?
Women scored an average 16,215 words per day and men followed closely at 15,669 each day -- with a difference of only 546 words.
Are you surprised that guys and gals talk about the same in a day? Or were you more interested in specific topic differences that engaged each?
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