The relative and perceived impact of irrelevant speech, vocal music and non-vocal music on working memory

Current Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-289

  Alley, Thomas R ^a   Greene, Marcie E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interference; Irrelevant sound; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849130696     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-008-9040-z     Document Type: Article

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