Can preference for background music mediate the irrelevant sound effect?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-631

  Perham, Nick ^a   Vizard, Joanne ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRACTIBILITY; HEARING; HUMAN; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH;

EID: 79960707794     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1731     Document Type: Article

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