An update on noise and performance: Comment on Szalma and Hancock (2011)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1262-1268

  Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Individual differences; Irrelevant speech; Noise; Performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; NOISE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874338700     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028867     Document Type: Article

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