Sex differences in dichotic listening

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-255

  Voyer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory asymmetries; Dichotic listening; Meta analysis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955946971     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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