Auditory distraction and serial memory: The avoidable and the ineluctable

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Jones, Dylan M ^a   Hughes, Robert W ^a   MacKen, William J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; auditory distraction; changing state effect; interference by process; selective attention; serial recall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NOISE; RECALL;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 77957590638     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.70497     Document Type: Article

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