Auditory Studies: Kimura�s Dichotic Listening Technique

• Requires different input to each ear (binaural)

• laterality effects are rare with monaural input.

WHY?

• Ears project bilaterally

• Monaural input --> both hemispheres get same stimulus so no differences emerge.

• BUT Ipsilateral projection weaker than contralateral

• Different binaural input --> competition: contralateral pathway wins.

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