Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Sex differences in auditory processing From: Tim Ziemer <ziemer@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:25:09 +0100--Apple-Mail=_954F3BF9-82A4-4E79-AA9D-FD0850F531C0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi all, Arne von Ruschkowski gives an overview of gender differences in loudness = perception (in German though): https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/5262 and argues that the length of the ear canal and the air volume between = eardrum and headphone could not be the reasons for the different = judgments of male and female participants. One observation that has been made is that already female newborns = exhibit stronger otoacoustic emissions than male newborns: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085661/ Otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials are sexually = dimporphic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163528/ Sex differences in male and female mosquito hearing are huge, and their = hearing organs differ a lot. Best, Tim =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA = =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB = =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB Dr. Tim Ziemer Bremen Spatial Cognition Center University of Bremen 28359 Bremen Office: Cartesium 3.13 Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5 Fon + 49 (0) 421-218-64280 Fax + 49 (0) 421-218-64239 ziemer@xxxxxxxx https://bscc.spatial-cognition.de/ziemer > On 11. Jan 2022, at 12:23, Anna Wolf <anna.wolf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Dear Ani, dear all, >=20 > we found sex differences in both ear training and musical imagery = skills in music students/musicians, see: > Wolf, A., & Kopiez, R. (2018). Development and Validation of the = Musical Ear Training Assessment (META). Journal of Research in Music = Education, 66, 53-70. > Wolf, A., Kopiez, R., & Platz, F. (2018). Thinking in music: An = objective measure of notation-evoked sound imagery in musicians. = Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 28(4), 209-221. >=20 > For both skills men outperformed women, which replicated in every = sample we collected for these papers. My best guess is a difference in = motivation in female and male students with music theory and ear = training being the most logical and structural type of skill within a = music programme (the MINT within music, maybe). Plus probably stereotype = threat, since in Germany most music theory staff are male.=20 >=20 > Best > Anna >=20 >=20 >=20 >> Am 10.01.2022 um 15:41 schrieb moleti <moleti@xxxxxxxx = <mailto:moleti@xxxxxxxx>>: >>=20 >> Dear Ani, >>=20 >> there are well-known sex differences in otoacoustic emission levels, = e.g. McFadden papers, with females outperforming males. You can easily = find several references searching for "sex difference OAE", e.g., on = Pubmed. >>=20 >> regards >>=20 >> Arturo >>=20 >> On 2022-01-09 16:33, Patel, Aniruddh D. wrote: >>> Dear List, >>> I am trying to find papers reporting sex differences in behavioral = or >>> neural measures of auditory processing in vertebrates. >>> I'd be grateful for pointers to any references, including review >>> chapters. >>> Btw, my impression from the papers I've found so far is that females >>> generally outperform males (e.g., refs below), and I wonder if this >>> holds across a larger >>> set of studies. >>> Benichov, J. I., Benezra, S. E., Vallentin, D., Globerson, E., Long, >>> M. A., & Tchernichovski, O. (2016). The forebrain song system = mediates >>> predictive call timing in female and male zebra finches. _Current >>> Biology_, _26_(3), 309-318. >>> Kriengwatana, B., Spierings, M. J., & ten Cate, C. (2016). Auditory >>> discrimination learning in zebra finches: effects of sex, early life >>> conditions and stimulus characteristics. _Animal Behaviour_, _116_, >>> 99-112. >>> Krizman, J., Bonacina, S., & Kraus, N. (2020). Sex differences in >>> subcortical auditory processing only partially explain higher >>> prevalence of language disorders in males. _Hearing research_, = _398_, >>> 108075. >>> Thanks, and best wishes for the new year, >>> Ani Patel >>> Aniruddh D. Patel >>> Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University >>> CIFAR Fellow >>> Brain, Mind, and Consciousness Program >>> https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel = <https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel> [1] >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel = <https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel> --Apple-Mail=_954F3BF9-82A4-4E79-AA9D-FD0850F531C0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">Hi all,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><div class=3D"">Arne von Ruschkowski gives an overview of = gender differences in loudness perception (in German though):</div><div = class=3D""><a href=3D"https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/5262" = class=3D"">https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/5262</a></div><di= v class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">and argues that the = length of the ear canal and the air volume between eardrum and headphone = could not be the reasons for the different judgments of male and female = participants.</div></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">One observation that has been made is that already female = newborns exhibit stronger otoacoustic emissions than male = newborns:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085661/" = class=3D"">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085661/</a></div>= <div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Otoacoustic = emissions and auditory evoked potentials are sexually = dimporphic:</div><div class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163528/" = class=3D"">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163528/</a></div>= <div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Sex differences in = male and female mosquito hearing are huge, and their hearing organs = differ a lot.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Best,</div><div class=3D"">Tim</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;">=E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA = =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB = =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB =E2=99=AA =E2=99=AB<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Dr. = Tim Ziemer<br class=3D"">Bremen Spatial Cognition Center<br = class=3D"">University of Bremen<br class=3D"">28359 Bremen<br = class=3D"">Office: Cartesium 3.13<br class=3D"">Enrique-Schmidt-Str. = 5<br class=3D"">Fon + 49 (0) 421-218-64280<br class=3D"">Fax + 49 (0) = 421-218-64239<br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:ziemer@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">ziemer@xxxxxxxx</a><br = class=3D"">https://bscc.spatial-cognition.de/ziemer</div> </div> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 11. Jan 2022, at 12:23, Anna Wolf <<a = href=3D"mailto:anna.wolf@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">anna.wolf@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii" = class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Dear Ani, dear = all,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">we found sex = differences in both ear training and musical imagery skills in music = students/musicians, see:</div><div class=3D"">Wolf, A., & Kopiez, R. = (2018). Development and Validation of the Musical Ear Training = Assessment (META). Journal of Research in Music = Education, 66, 53-70.<br class=3D"">Wolf, A., Kopiez, R., & = Platz, F. (2018). Thinking in music: An objective measure of = notation-evoked sound imagery in musicians. Psychomusicology: = Music, Mind, and Brain, 28(4), 209-221.</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">For both skills men outperformed women, = which replicated in every sample we collected for these papers. My best = guess is a difference in motivation in female and male students with = music theory and ear training being the most logical and structural type = of skill within a music programme (the MINT within music, maybe). Plus = probably stereotype threat, since in Germany most music theory staff are = male. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Best</div><div class=3D"">Anna</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div= class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">Am 10.01.2022 um 15:41 schrieb moleti <<a = href=3D"mailto:moleti@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">moleti@xxxxxxxx</a>>:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = charset=3D"UTF-8" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">Dear Ani,</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">there are well-known sex differences in otoacoustic emission = levels, e.g. McFadden papers, with females outperforming males. You can = easily find several references searching for "sex difference OAE", e.g., = on Pubmed.</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">regards</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">Arturo</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">On 2022-01-09 16:33, Patel, Aniruddh D. wrote:</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Dear = List,<br class=3D"">I am trying to find papers reporting sex differences = in behavioral or<br class=3D"">neural measures of auditory processing in = vertebrates.<br class=3D"">I'd be grateful for pointers to any = references, including review<br class=3D"">chapters.<br class=3D"">Btw, = my impression from the papers I've found so far is that females<br = class=3D"">generally outperform males (e.g., refs below), and I wonder = if this<br class=3D"">holds across a larger<br class=3D"">set of = studies.<br class=3D"">Benichov, J. I., Benezra, S. E., Vallentin, D., = Globerson, E., Long,<br class=3D"">M. A., & Tchernichovski, O. = (2016). The forebrain song system mediates<br class=3D"">predictive call = timing in female and male zebra finches. _Current<br class=3D"">Biology_, = _26_(3), 309-318.<br class=3D"">Kriengwatana, B., Spierings, M. J., = & ten Cate, C. (2016). Auditory<br class=3D"">discrimination = learning in zebra finches: effects of sex, early life<br = class=3D"">conditions and stimulus characteristics. _Animal Behaviour_, = _116_,<br class=3D"">99-112.<br class=3D"">Krizman, J., Bonacina, S., = & Kraus, N. (2020). Sex differences in<br class=3D"">subcortical = auditory processing only partially explain higher<br class=3D"">prevalence= of language disorders in males. _Hearing research_, _398_,<br = class=3D"">108075.<br class=3D"">Thanks, and best wishes for the new = year,<br class=3D"">Ani Patel<br class=3D"">Aniruddh D. Patel<br = class=3D"">Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University<br = class=3D"">CIFAR Fellow<br class=3D"">Brain, Mind, and Consciousness = Program<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel" = class=3D"">https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel</= a><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[1]<br = class=3D"">Links:<br class=3D"">------<br class=3D"">[1]<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel" = class=3D"">https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel</= a></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_954F3BF9-82A4-4E79-AA9D-FD0850F531C0--