Going gaga: Investigating, creating, and manipulating the song stuck in my head

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-215

  Hyman, Ira E ^a   Burland, Naomi K ^a   Duskin, Hollyann M ^a   Cook, Megan C ^a   Roy, Christina M ^a   Mcgrath, Jessie C ^a   Roundhill, Rebecca F ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRUSIVE SONG; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84875594695     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2897     Document Type: Article

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