Role of serial order in the irrelevant speech effect: Tests of the changing-state hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 459-471

  Beaman, C Philip ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031518793     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.459     Document Type: Article

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