Dichotic listening

Dichotic listening
SynonymsDichotic listening test
Purposeused to investigate auditory laterality and selective attention

Dichotic listening is a psychological test commonly used to investigate selective attention and the lateralization of brain function within the auditory system. It is used within the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

In a standard dichotic listening test, a participant is presented with two different auditory stimuli simultaneously (usually speech), directed into different ears over headphones.[1] In one type of test, participants are asked to pay attention to one or both of the stimuli; later, they are asked about the content of either the stimulus they were instructed to attend to or the stimulus they were instructed to ignore.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Westerhausen, René; Kompus, Kristiina (2018). "How to get a left-ear advantage: A technical review of assessing brain asymmetry with dichotic listening". Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 59 (1): 66–73. doi:10.1111/sjop.12408. PMID 29356005.
  2. ^ Daniel L. Schacter; Daniel Todd Gilbert; Daniel M. Wegner (2011). Psychology (1. publ., 3. print. ed.). Cambridge: Worth Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-429-24107-6.