Irrelevant speech, serial rehearsal, and temporal distinctiveness: A new approach to the irrelevant speech effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1154-1165

  LeCompte, Denny C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030236104     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.5.1154     Document Type: Article

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