High second-language proficiency protects against the effects of reverberation on listening comprehension

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-96

  Sörqvist, Patrik ^a,b   Hurtig, Anders ^a,b,c   Ljung, Robert ^a   Rönnberg, Jerker ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b Linköping University   (Sweden)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Reverberation; Second language; Speech perception; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896374157     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12115     Document Type: Article

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