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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > irrelevant sound effect

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irrelevant sound effect  

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  • The disruption of short-term verbal memory when the memory task was performed while the subject was hearing sounds (e. g., instrumental music or speech) that he or she was asked to ignore.

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  • • Jones, D., & J. Macken, W. (1993). Irrelevant tones produce an irrelevant speech effect: Implications for phonological coding in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19, 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.19.2.369

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-G252JHGQ-5

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