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Researchers in the USA have found that a protein in the brain might explain why women are more talkative than men - three times more [chatter-box / chatty] , in fact. The research team at the University of Maryland say a "language protein" that [goes / comes] by the name of Foxp2 is a lot more [prevalent / prevalence] in women's brains. The protein was first discovered a decade ago and was [doomed / deemed] to be a [lock / key] neurological component of [speeches / speech] . The scientists say it is a lot more [abundance / abundant] in girls than boys. They believe the protein is the [reason / reasoning] why girls start speaking earlier and more quickly than boys. It also [supportive / supports] claims that women speak about 20,000 words a day, compared to just 7,000 words [for / by] the average man.

Research team leader professor Margaret McCarthy said: "This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the [expressive / expression] of a language-associated protein [in / on] humans or animals." She added: "The findings [rise / raise] the possibility that sex differences in brain and [behavioural / behaviour] are more widespread, and established [earlier / early] than previously thought." Other scientists have said there is [most / more] than one protein responsible [of / for] speech and that the research is in its [infancy / infants] . Readers of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper offered some interesting insights [into / onto] the chattiness of women. One said women have to talk more because, "men are not good listeners and women must repeat themselves to be [hearing / heard] ".