ERP correlates of the irrelevant sound effect

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1182-1191

  Bell, Raoul ^a   Dentale, Sandra ^a   Buchner, Axel ^a   Mayr, Susanne ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Auditory distraction; Auditory evoked potentials; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649416731     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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