Selective impairment of auditory selective attention under concurrent cognitive load

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-627

  Dittrich, Kerstin ^a   Stahl, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory Stroop; Cognitive load; Cognitive resources; Double dissociation; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; HEARING; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866560446     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024978     Document Type: Article

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