New considerations for the cognitive locus of impairment in the irrelevant-sound effect

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 918-931

  Stokes, Kirk A ^a   Arnell, Karen M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irrelevant sound effect; Memory; Recall; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870341106     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0194-4     Document Type: Article

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