The role of habituation in the disruption of recall performance by irrelevant sound

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 549-564

  Jones, Dylan M ^a   Macken, William J ^a   Mosdell, Nicholas A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031504582     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02657.x     Document Type: Article

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