Cerebral dominance in musicians and nonmusicians

Thomas G. Bever; Robert J. Chiarello

doi:10.1126/science.185.4150.537

Cerebral dominance in musicians and nonmusicians

Thomas G. Bever, Robert J. Chiarello

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Abstract

Musically experienced listeners recognize simple melodies better in the right ear than the left, while the reverse is true for naive listeners. Hence, contrary to previous reports, music perception supports the hypothesis that the left hemisphere is dominant for analytic processing and the right hemisphere for holistic processing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	537-539
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	185
Issue number	4150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4150.537
State	Published - 1974
Externally published	Yes

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