Self-relevance increases the irrelevant sound effect: Attentional disruption by one's own name

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 925-931

  Röer, Jan P ^a   Bell, Raoul ^a   Buchner, Axel ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional orienting; Auditory distraction; Cocktail party phenomenon; Irrelevant sound effect; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COGNITION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 84888000643     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.828063     Document Type: Article

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