Verbal stimulated dichotic listening research

Dichotic listening (DL) is a non-invasive behavioral method for hemispheric lateralization research. Right-ear advantage (REA) is the most typically observed phenomenon in verbal stimulated DL research. This paper focuses on DL studies of hemispheric lateralization to verbal stimuli perception. Research achievements in respects of common DL paradigms, typical dichotic verbal stimuli presentation, attention and cognitive control in DL, and sex, age, handedness differences in DL are mainly summarized. Besides, application value of DL in clinical conditions is introduced. And the future development trend of DL research is proposed.