Auditory distraction and serial memory: The avoidable and the ineluctable

Auditory distraction and serial memory: The avoidable and the ineluctable

One mental activity that is very vulnerable to auditory distraction is serial recall. This review of the contemporary findings relating to serial recall charts the key determinants of distraction. It is evident that there is one form of distraction that is a joint product of the cognitive characteri...

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Main Authors: Dylan M Jones, Robert W Hughes, William J Macken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
Subjects:
Attentional capture
auditory distraction
changing-state effect
interference by process
selective attention
serial recall
Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2010;volume=12;issue=49;spage=201;epage=209;aulast=Jones

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