Cognitive control of involuntary distraction by deviant sounds

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1635-1641

  Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b   Hebrero, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention capture; Cognitive control; Distraction; Oddball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883790174     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032421     Document Type: Article

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