Irrelevant speech and irrelevant tones: The relative importance of speech to the irrelevant speech effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 472-483

  LeCompte, Denny C ^a   Neely, Craig B ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PITCH PERCEPTION; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031089996     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.472     Document Type: Article

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