Modeling the effects of irrelevant speech on memory

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 403-423

  Neath, Ian ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEARING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; REVIEW; SPEECH; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034279380     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03214356     Document Type: Article

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