Eye Closure Reduces the Cross-Modal Memory Impairment Caused by Auditory Distraction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1008-1013

  Perfect, Timothy J ^a   Andrade, Jackie ^a   Eagan, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distraction; Eye closure; Memory; Modality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EYE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960329426     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022930     Document Type: Article

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