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A Left-Ear Advantage for Forced-Choice Judgements of Melodic Contour

Abstract

Listeners heard a sequence of five tones presented monaurally, and then made a forced-choice judgement about the sequence's contour (i.e., its pattern of upward and downward shifts in pitch between successive tones). The forced-choice method ensured that contoured judgements were independent of absolute-pitch an interval cues. Performance was better for sequences presented to the left ear (right hemisphere) than it was for sequences presented …

Authors

MCKINNON MC; SCHELLENBERG EG

Journal

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 171–175

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

6 1997

DOI

10.1037/1196-1961.51.2.171

ISSN

1196-1961