A Left-Ear Advantage for Chords in Non-Musicians
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 49 (3) , 957-958
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1979.49.3.957
Abstract
Contrasting with previous reports, left-ear advantage was found for recognition of chords by non-musicians ( n = 16). It is suggested that the less memory is involved the more the effect may appear in musically naive subjects.Keywords
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