The distracting effects of vocal and instrumental music on the cognitive test performance of introverts and extraverts

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-392

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Trew, Sarah ^a   Sneade, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001170513     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00249-9     Document Type: Article

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