The effects of noise and gender on children's episodic and semantic memory

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-416

  Boman, Eva ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Episodic and semantic memory; Gender; Meaningful irrelevant speech; Noise; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8644286145     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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