Lateralization effects in musical decision tasks

Benny Shanon*

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Abstract

Three experiments were conducted in which professional musicians were asked to classify musical material under conditions of dichotic listening. The patterns of error rates showed left-hemisphere advantage with complicated tasks. The patterns of reaction times did not exhibit any lateralization effect. The results suggest that musical processing is not under the exclusive control of the right hemisphere. When the task is complex enough and when the subject is endowed with a conceptual framework for music, musical processing is conducted by the left hemisphere.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-31
Number of pages11
JournalNeuropsychologia
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980

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