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Direct linkWetzel, Nicole; Widmann, Andreas; Schroger, Erich – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2012
Unexpected and task-irrelevant sounds can capture our attention and may cause distraction effects reflected by impaired performance in a primary task unrelated to the perturbing sound. The present auditory-visual oddball study examines the effect of the informational content of a sound on the performance in a visual discrimination task. The…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Attention, Visual Discrimination, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
