Men talk less than women during multitasking.

Psychol Res · 2026 · PMC13179209 · PMID 42138759

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failed to reach significancep =.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Only for question (1), how calm or stressed the multitasker appears, the main effect of Sex failed to reach significance (F(1,159) = 3.675, p =.057, pη 2 = 0.023).

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approaching significancep = .06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Their findings suggested that indeed females might be better at multitasking when a conversation task is involved (numerically, with p-values approaching significance, e.g. p = .06).

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difference was apparentno p-value reported

Indeed, a significant sex difference was apparent in the Conversation Task.

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