单词 | dichotic |
释义 | dichoticadj. Physiology and Psychology. Involving the simultaneous presentation of a different stimulus to each ear; (also) designating such stimuli. Cf. diotic adj., monotic adj. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Dichotic, involving the use of both ears for the simultaneous hearing of tones of different pitch: opposed to diotic: as, dichotic audition; a dichotic experiment. 1916 F. M. Colby New Internat. Year Bk. 529/2 S. Baley has also worked with simultaneous (dichotic) tones of different pitches, differently located. 1984 Speech Communication 3 276/1 In the fourth case, with diotic vowels and dichotic noise, vowels and noise can be easily separated. 2004 Smithsonian Nov. 32/2 Each participating twin puts on headphones and takes what is called a dichotic listening test. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909 |
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