Participants (N=139) listened to 15 speakers (8 deceptive, 7 truthful) in one of three conditions, left ear (right hemisphere), right ear (left hemisphere), and both ears (combined hemispheres) and attempted to decide which speakers were deceptive. Accuracy of detection was not significantly different across the three conditions.
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