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Dichotic Listening in Psychotic Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. A. Lishman
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
B. K. Toone
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
C. J. Colbourn
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
E. R. L. McMeekan
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, Du Cane Road, London W12 0AE
R. M. Mance
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, and the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF

Summary

Patients recently recovered from schizophrenic or manic-depressive psychoses showed larger ear difference scores than normal controls on a dichotic listening test, i.e. when asked to identify dissimilar words fed synchronously to the two ears. The possible significance of the finding is discussed, in relation both to hemispheric organization and to other aspects of cognitive activity which may underlie performance on the task.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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