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This study is an attempt to reduce some confusion over reports of an ear asymmetry effect in the dichotic listening paradigm and to assess the criticism that the effect is artifactual. A within-S design was used in which six pairs of digits per trial were presented at 2 pair/sec. When order of report was controlled, a dramatic ear asymmetry and a clear ear order effect was evident The orthogonality of these effects implies that the asymmetry is not an artifact of order of reporting.
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1. This research was supported in part by NSF grant GY-995 and NIH grant MH 12046 and by funds provided by the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Florida. The authors wish to express their appreciation to Mr. Dennis Jowaisas and Mrs. Eileen Fennell for assistance rendered in the preparation of the stimulus materials
2. National Science Foundation undergraduate research participant, 1966–1967.
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Cooper, A., Achenbach, K., Satz, P. et al. Order of report and ear asymmetry in dichotic listening. Psychon Sci 9, 97–98 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330777
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