Mental arithmetic and non-speech office noise: An exploration of interference-by-content

An interference-by-content account of auditory distraction - in which the impairment to task performance derives from the similarity of what is being recalled and what is being ignored - was explored concerning mental arithmetic performance. Participants completed both a serial recall and a mental a...

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Main Authors: Nick Perham, Helen Hodgetts, Simon Banbury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
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Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2013;volume=15;issue=62;spage=73;epage=78;aulast=Perham