Rapid communication: Interference in short-term auditory memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1256-1265

  Mercer, Tom ^a   McKeown, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory memory; Forgetting; Interference; Short term memory; Timbre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954152756     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003802467     Document Type: Article

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