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ArticleScientific reports2018

Evidence of a Right Ear Advantage in the absence of auditory targets.

Giulia Prete, Anita D'Anselmo, Alfredo Brancucci, Luca Tommasi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Giulia PreteDepartment of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy. giulia.prete@unich.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-6404
Anita D'AnselmoDepartment of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Alfredo BrancucciDepartment of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Luca TommasiDepartment of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Right Ear Advantage effect (REA) was explored in a white noise speech illusion paradigm: binaural white noise (WN) could be presented i) in isolation (WN condition), ii) overlapped to a voice pronouncing the vowel /a/ presented in the left ear (LE condition), iii) overlapped to a voice pronouncing the vowel /a/ presented in the right ear (RE condition). Participants were asked to report in which ear the voice has been perceived. The voice could be female or male, and it could be presented at 4 different intensities. Participants carried out the task correctly both in LE and in RE conditions. Importantly, in the WN condition the "right ear" responses were more frequent with respect to both the chance level and the "left ear" responses. A perceptual REA was confirmed both in LE and RE conditions. Moreover, when the voice was presented at low intensities (masked by WN), it was more frequently reported in the right than in the left ear ("illusory" REA). A positive correlation emerged between perceptual and illusory REA. Potential links of the REA effects with auditory hallucinations are discussed.

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Functional LateralityEarFemaleHearingHumansIllusionsMalePerceptual MaskingProhibitinsYoung AdultProhibitins

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