How do speakers resist distraction?: Evidence from a taboo picture-word interference task

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 855-859

  Dhooge, Elisah ^a   Hartsuiker, Robert J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

distracting stimuli; picture word interference; taboo words

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; TABOO; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH; TABOO; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960439938     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611410984     Document Type: Article

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