Evidence for habituation of the irrelevant-sound effect on serial recall

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 609-621

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

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional orienting; Irrelevant sound effect; Selective attention; Serial recall; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901003283     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0381-y     Document Type: Article

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