Working-memory and auditory localization: Demand for central resources impairs performance

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-549

  Merat, Natasha ^a   Groeger, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345491962     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000521     Document Type: Article

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