Auditory Distraction and Short-Term Memory: Phenomena and Practical Implications

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Hum. Factors

• Publication date

  2001-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1518/001872001775992462PMID 11474757
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