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ON THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF VARIATION IN DICHOTIC LISTENING PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
INGLIS JAMES
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01156.x
Subject(s) - dichotic listening , psychology , variation (astronomy) , active listening , variance (accounting) , perception , cognitive psychology , asymmetry , communication , neuroscience , physics , astrophysics , accounting , quantum mechanics , business
Among the many possible sources of variation in dichotic listening performance, two in particular have been accorded considerable theoretical importance. The influence of order effect has usually been regarded as an index of the functioning of some short‐term storage process. The influence of ear asymmetry has commonly been taken to reflect perceptual functioning. Most published studies have examined only one or other of these influences, so that they have even come to be viewed as alternative ‘explanations’ of differential accuracy in dichotic listening performance. It is contended here that these alternatives are not in fact mutually exclusive, but merely define different sources of variation in the phenomena studied. A number of different comparisons must be made before the relative importance of each of these sources of variance in dichotic listening performance can be determined.