On the Irrelevance of Semantic Information for the "Irrelevant Speech" Effect

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 765-779

  Buchner, Axel ^a   Irmen, Lisa ^a   Erdfelder, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030520123     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755633     Document Type: Article

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