Wow Mike P! That was SO divergent! :-) Chris ========= Mike Palij wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:54 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: > >>> Elaborative and deep processing such as the following? >>> >> [Michael Sylvester channeling Khadafy/Gaddafi/Whatever wrote:] >> There is some evidence that auditory instructional manuals are more >> effective when recorded by females than males-something about the >> female voice that commands attention.However,there is the exception >> that the male voice is best for training a door. >> > > I heard that this really depends upon the door. The male voice > seems to work best when training METAL doors while female > voices seem to work best when training WOOD doors. There > may be 3-way interaction between gender of trainer, type of door, > and what exactly the door is being trained to do, but one really > doesn't hear enough about what doors are being trained to do > these days. > > As for females voices commanding attention, I find this might be > true for statement like "OOooooh! BAABY!" or "What the hell > do you think you're doing??!??" but I could be wrong. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > >
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