Effects of prior exposure to office noise and music on aspects of working memory

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 235-243

  Smith, Andrew ^a   Waters, Beth ^a   Jones, Hywel ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habituation; Mozart effect; office noise; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; WALES;

EID: 77957562676     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.70502     Document Type: Article

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