test began. For the

The experimenter also pointed to the respective ear before the test began. For the children, the experimenter sometimes had his or her hand on the respective shoulder o f the participant, or put a dol l on the shoulder, to make sure that the chi ld understood which ear he or she should concentrate on. A s argued previously, the N F condition basically taps a structural-laterality component, and the F R and F L conditions tap the modification o f structural laterality by dynamic cognitive factors, such as attention.