Attending to music decreases inattentional blindness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1282-1292

  Beanland, Vanessa ^a,b   Allen, Rosemary A ^a   Pammer, Kristen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054857519     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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