Attentional Interference in Judgments of Musical Timbre: Individual Differences in Working Memory.

ABSTRACT. Researchers have shown that working memory is related to a variety of high-level cognitive processes. However, the results of recent research have suggested that may be because of its role in attentional control. In the present experiment, the authors investigated that hypothesis by using...

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Publicado en:Journal of General Psychology Vol. 132; no. 1; pp. 94 - 113
Autores principales: Hall, Michael D., Blasko, Dawn G.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd January 2005
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