Is noise always bad? exploring the effects of ambient noise on creative cognition

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 784-799

  Mehta, Ravi ^a   Cheema, Amar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Juliet)   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84869822587     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665048     Document Type: Article

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