I will remember this info when making sexual advances.

I don't think it has anything to do with ears or the mechanics of hearing. Since most of us are right-handed, I think it's just we trust, or are more comfortable with, things that are on our right versus things that are on our left. Left-handed people may feel differently, I don't know, but I know I rely on my right arm far more than my left and so feel more threatened by those on my left than those on my right.

I think the expression "he's his right-hand man" may come from this sense of trust.

And don't forget one of the definitions of sinister: of or on the left side.

The neural pathways between our ears and the brain are not that simple. Signals from both ears reach and are processed by the same regions in the brain. Otherwise we would have no stereoscopic hearing. (The same is true of eyes and stereoscopic vision.)

It's an interesting study anyway, just the explanation
may be more complex.

How scientific is this? Wouldn't a controlled auditory test study in an anechoic be more fitting. I consistently score better with my right ear than left when they do the left-right tests. By personal experience and by anecdotal evidence I would tend to agree with the findings, but I completely reject the notion that this is a scientific study.

This is definitely not the case for me. While I am right-handed, I am definitely left-eyed and left-eared.

That or the majority of people are right handed therefore move the phone to the ear closest to their dominant hand.

nice try, they might be onto something but I don't think this data is substantial enough. They should perhaps design a new study that has more controllable variables.

What?.....

What if you are a lefty, don't south paws use the opposite side of the brain for logical/creative thought?

At least you know where to optimally whisper your girl- or boyfriend.

This actually explains a great deal for me. When I was 12 years old I had an ear infection in my right ear, which resulted in my eardrum bursting. It healed up but my hearing in that ear has never been quite the same.

I get accused of having selective hearing more times than I can remember, but I've always put it down to something else, namely that that ear was not so good for listening to people with. That and far too many people bore me to tears if I try to listen to them for any length of time perhaps.