The role of working memory in auditory selective attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2126-2132

  Dalton, Polly ^a   Santangelo, Valerio ^b   Spence, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory attention; Load theory; Selective attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349547237     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903023646     Document Type: Article

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