Using Auditory Streaming to Reduce Disruption to Serial Memory by Extraneous Auditory Warnings

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-22

  Banbury, Simon ^a,e   Tremblay, Sébastien ^b   Flicker, Liz ^c   Emery, Lucy ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^d Lockheed Martin UK Intgd Systems   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1642270752     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.1.12     Document Type: Article

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