Priming inhibits the right ear advantage in dichotic listening: Implications for auditory laterality

Proactive and reactive sequential effects on selective attention

“…Thus, in a trial where /ga/ is the prime syllable and /ga-ba/ is the dichotic target, the participants were more likely to select /ba/ than to select /ga/. This behavioral effect is similar to what has been reported in previous studies (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007a, 2007bSaetrevik & Specht, 2009). There were 9.76% (SD = 7.89%) errors when the prime was repeated, and 9.05% (SD = 4.43%) errors when the prime was not repeated (not significantly different, at t = 0.59, p = .57).…”

“…The task instructs participants not to pay attention to a distractor prime syllable presented binaurally (equally to both ears) and to report the most clearly perceived syllable from a subsequent dichotic pair of target syllables (different syllables presented simultaneously, one to each ear). Behavioral responses show that participants are less likely to attend targets that repeat a syllable that was recently presented as an ignored prime (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007b). This effect has also been found when using a cross-modal prime (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007b), and when the participant is instructed to attend a given side, the priming effect interacted with selective attention (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007a).…”

“…Behavioral responses show that participants are less likely to attend targets that repeat a syllable that was recently presented as an ignored prime (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007b). This effect has also been found when using a cross-modal prime (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007b), and when the participant is instructed to attend a given side, the priming effect interacted with selective attention (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007a).…”

“…The primed dichotic listening task (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007a, 2007bSaetrevik & Specht, 2009) has shown effects indicating sequential modulation of attention in an ambiguous response selection situation. The task instructs participants not to pay attention to a distractor prime syllable presented binaurally (equally to both ears) and to report the most clearly perceived syllable from a subsequent dichotic pair of target syllables (different syllables presented simultaneously, one to each ear).…”

Enabling the effective application of spatial auditory displays in modern flight decks

“…Priming of a particular cerebral hemisphere has been shown to influence an ear advantage within dichotic studies (Saetrevik & Hugdahl, 2007). Morris & Landercy (1977) primed participants' right hemisphere by asking them to retain musical melodies within memory.…”