Does Auditory Streaming Require Attention? Evidence From Attentional Selectivity in Short-Term Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Macken, William J ^a,b   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Houghton, Robert J ^a,b   Nicholls, Alastair P ^a,b,d   Jones, Dylan M ^a,b,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Centre for Human Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 85047694652     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.1.43     Document Type: Review

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