Irrelevant sound effects amongst younger and older adults: Objective findings and subjective insights

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-265

  Beaman, C Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRELEVANT SOUND; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND; SPEECH; THEORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 15244340764     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440440000023     Document Type: Article

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