Does irrelevant music cause an irrelevant sound effect for auditory items?

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-271

  Schlittmeier, Sabine J ^a   Hellbrück, Jürgen ^a   Klatte, Maria ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOUND; STEADY STATE;

EID: 38949090315     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701427838     Document Type: Article

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