Attention capture by novel sounds: Distraction versus facilitation

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-515

  SanMiguel, Iria ^a,b   Linden, David ^c   Escera, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alerting; Oddball; Orienting response; Task load; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION CAPTURE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77952934998     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440902930994     Document Type: Article

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