Irrelevant speech and indoor lighting: Effects on cognitive performance and self-reported affect

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-718

  Knez, Igor ^a   Hygge, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0141991567     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.829     Document Type: Article

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