The phonological loop model of working memory: An ERP study of irrelevant speech and phonological similarity effects

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-483

  Martín Loeches, Manuel ^a   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^b   Sommer, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1842332079     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03201123     Document Type: Article

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