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Ears and Brains – Article 1

Ears and Brains – Article 2

the two halves of our brain work differently.  one article describes it this way:

the left brain is better at processing “rapidly changing sounds”
the right brain is better at processing “drawn out sounds, like music.”

sometimes in music there are not just drawn out sounds, but also rapidly changing sounds, so this artificial distinction between rapidly changing sounds and music doesn’t really hold.

but it does imply that a left ear and a right ear attached to the same brain hearing the same music might hear it differently – the right ear focused on rapidly changing sounds, the left ear on drawn out sounds.  (your right ear is attached to your left brain, and vice-versa.)

DJs tend to favor an ear for their headphones when mixing – the ear they use to check whether the beats are still matched.  does which ear a DJ favors say anything about them?  i recently started using both ears, out of paranoia.  it has also affected how i hear music. i find it gives me flexibility to switch brains depending on what i’m trying to accomplish.

being able to use both hands equally well is called ambidexterity.  what would you call being able to use both ears really well?  ambiaurality?  ambiphonerity?  switch listener?

how else you can use this information
- to increase the likelihood that someone will give you a cigarette when you ask for one:

Article 3 – Talk to my Right Ear

Article 4 – Sweet Sweet Cigarettes