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IN tasks involving dichotic listening (simultaneous presentation of different material to the two ears) to verbal material, right-handed subjects may, in certain circumstances, recall more of the material presented to the right ear than of that presented to the left1,2. Kimura1 has suggested that this indicates better perception of material presented to the right ear because of its predominant connexion to the left cerebral hemisphere which is dominant for speech in these subjects. Such an interpretation has not been universally accepted3. This communication presents preliminary findings relevant to this question.
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OXBURY, S., OXBURY, J. & GARDINER, J. Laterality Effects in Dichotic Listening. Nature 214, 742–743 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214742a0
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