The Swedish Hayling task, and its relation to working memory, verbal ability, and speech-recognition-in-noise

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-272

  Stenbäck, Victoria ^a   Hällgren, Mathias ^a,b   Lyxell, Björn ^a   Larsby, Birgitta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive functions; Hearing; Inhibition; Speech recognition in noise; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928692205     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12206     Document Type: Article

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