RIGHT EAR ADVANTAGE FOR MANDARIN TONE PERCEPTION AND ITS MECHANISM:A DICHOTIC LISTENING STUDY
汉语普通话声调加工的右耳优势及其机理：一项双耳分听的研究

In dichotic listening, a right ear advantage reflects left hemisphere specialization, and a left ear advantage reflects right hemisphere specialization. A dichotic listening task was used to investigate the brain lateralization of Mandarine tone. A response hand factor was manipulated to distinguish direct access and callosal relay explanations of perceptual asymmetry of Mandarine tone. The results indicated a right ear advantage or left hemisphere superiority for the perception of Mandarine tone and supported direct access model in the perception of Mandarine tone.