A cross-modal weapon focus effect: The influence of a weapon's presence on memory for auditory information

Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-292

  Pickel, Kerri L ^a   French, Tricia A ^a   Betts, Jessica M ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY MEMORY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL INFORMATION; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOICE;

EID: 0038107264     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000036     Document Type: Article

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