Role of habituation in the irrelevant sound effect: Evidence from the effects of token set size and rate of transition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 659-671

  Tremblay, Sébastien ^a,b   Jones, Dylan M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032391337     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.3.659     Document Type: Article

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