Music draws attention to the left and speech draws attention to the right

Author(s): Plantery, P.

Journal/Book: Brain Cogn. 1985; 4: 1-6.

Abstract: Providing free-field music input prompts right-handers to attend to their left side in a loudness-matching task that requires no musical analysis. Conversely, speech prompts rightward attention. The processes inferred are akin to the attentional asymmetry demonstrated in the syndrome of hemispatial neglect.

Keyword(s): Attention|. Dominance, Cerebral|. Music|. Speech Perception|

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