Nonconcurrently presented auditory tones reduce distraction

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 714-719

  Dittrich, Kerstin ^a   Stahl, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory Stroop; Perceptual load; Selective attention; Stroop dilution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION; STROOP TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959729388     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0064-8     Document Type: Article

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