Asking a favour? Talk to the right ear
If you are planning on asking someone to do you a favour, make sure you are speaking into their right ear.Scientists have found we are much more likely to help someone out if they make the request in our right ear.
It is thought to be because info received through the right ear is processed by the left side of the brain. This is more logical and better at deciphering verbal information.
Scientists in Italy tested this by asking 176 nightclubbers for a cigarette. They obtained significantly more cigarettes when they spoke to the clubbers' right ear compared with their left.
The boffins debated keeping the findings to themselves so their friends didn't get wise to their right-ear begging ways, but eventually published a paper on the study.
Dr Luca Tommasi of the University of Chieti in central Italy, said the results confirm a right ear/left hemisphere advantage for verbal communication and that if you want to get something done –you should talk to people in their right ear.
"Our studies corroborate the idea of a common ancestry - in humans and other species - of lateralized behavior during social interactions, not only for species-specific vocal communication, but also for affective responses."
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University of Chieti
"Our studies corroborate the idea of a common ancestry - in humans and other species - of lateralized behavior during social interactions, not only for species-specific vocal communication, but also for affective responses."
LINKS
University of Chieti
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