The role of working memory capacity in auditory distraction: A review

The purpose of this paper was to review the current knowledge on individual differences in susceptibility to the effects of task-irrelevant sound on cognition. The literature indicates that at least two functionally different cognitive mechanisms underlie those differences; one is the efficiency by...

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Main Author: Patrik Sorqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
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Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2010;volume=12;issue=49;spage=217;epage=224;aulast=Sorqvist