Hemispheric specialisation in selective attention and short-term memory: A fine-coarse model of left and right ear disadvantages

Serial short-term memory is impaired by irrelevant sound, particularly when the sound changes acoustically. This acoustic effect is larger when the sound is presented to the left compared to the right ear (a left-ear disadvantage). Serial memory appears relatively insensitive to distraction from the...

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Main Authors: John E. Marsh, Lea K. Pilgrim, Patrik eSörqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00976/full