According to Voyer ( 2011 ), " Dichotic listening tasks produced homogenous effect sizes regardless of task type ( verbal, non-verbal ), reflecting a significant sex difference in the magnitude of laterality effects, with men obtaining larger laterality effects than women . " women reported more " intrusions " or words presented to the uncued ear than men when presented with exogenous cues in the Fused Dichotic Word Task which suggests two possibilities : 1 ) Women experience more difficulty paying attention to the cued word than men and / or 2 ) regardless of the cue, women spread their attention evenly as opposed to men who may possibly focus in more intently on exogenous cues.
