The impact of auditory distraction on retrieval of visual memories

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1090-1097

  Wais, Peter E ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience of memory; Cognitive neuroscience of perception and attention; Domain general; Episodic memory; Episodic retrieval; Interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355142090     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0169-7     Document Type: Article

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