A Dual contribution to the involuntary semantic processing of unexpected spoken words

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-45

  Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b   Turner, Jacqueline ^c   Perez, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention capture; Congruence; Distraction; Oddball; Semantic interference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893406767     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031550     Document Type: Article

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