Load-induced inattentional deafness

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 483-492

  Raveh, Dana ^a   Lavie, Nilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Inattention; Multisensory processing; Perceptual load; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEARING LOSS; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925535673     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0776-2     Document Type: Article

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