Can the irrelevant speech effect turn into a stimulus suffix effect?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 665-673

  Schlittmeier, Sabine J ^a   Hellbruck, Jurgen ^a   Klatte, Maria ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory items; Irrelevant speech; Irrelevant speech effect; Recency effect; Stimulus suffix effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPEECH; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SPEECH; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 42449085753     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701774168     Document Type: Article

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