Individual differences in susceptibility to the 'irrelevant speech effect'

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2191-2199

  Ellermeier, Wolfgang ^a   Zimmer, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030813095     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.419596     Document Type: Article

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