Selective Listening Asymmetry in Preschool Children

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Title: Selective Listening Asymmetry in Preschool Children
Authors: Hiscock, Merrill, Kinsbourne, Marcel
Source: Developmental Psychology. May 77 13(3):217-224.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 1977
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Lateral Dominance, Listening Comprehension Tests, Preschool Education, Verbal Development
Abstract: Forty-two right-handed preschool children listened to dichotic presentations of digit names and were told to report only the digit arriving at the designated ear. A significant right-ear superiority was found, demonstrating a left lateralization of verbal processing in children as young as three years of age. (Author/JMB)
Journal Code: CIJDEC1977
Entry Date: 1977
Accession Number: EJ162800
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Forty-two right-handed preschool children listened to dichotic presentations of digit names and were told to report only the digit arriving at the designated ear. A significant right-ear superiority was found, demonstrating a left lateralization of verbal processing in children as young as three years of age. (Author/JMB)