Indispensable benefits and unavoidable costs of unattended sound for cognitive functioning

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 63-76

  Hughes, Robert W ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory attention; Auditory distraction; Cognitive functioning; Irrelevant sound effect; Unattended sound

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; NOISE;

EID: 0742272035     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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