Asymmetries in musical aesthetic judgments.
Musicians and non-musicians, male and females, were presented with different selections of classical music, both mono- and poly-instrumental, under stereophonic conditions which allowed them to reverse the left-right distribution of the auditory material. The musicians preferred the leading (usually the high) voice to be heard by the left ear; the effect was noted with both sexes but it was significant only with the males. The results are examined in relation to other laterality patterns and an analogy to orchestral arrangements in both the West and the East is noted.
D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music