Any mature field of research in psychology—such as short-term/working memory—is
characterized by a wealth of empirical findings. It is currently unrealistic to expect a theory to …

The present paper provides an overview of research concerning both acute and chronic
effects of exposure to noise on children's cognitive performance. Experimental studies …

A body of laboratory work is reviewed suggesting that auditory distraction comes in two
functionally distinct forms. Interference‐by‐process is produced when the involuntary …

The influence of top-down cognitive control on 2 putatively distinct forms of distraction was
investigated. Attentional capture by a task-irrelevant auditory deviation (eg, a female-spoken …

Unattended background speech is a known source of cognitive and subjective distraction in
open-plan offices. This study investigated whether the deleterious effects of background …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that rare and unexpected changes in an otherwise
repetitive or structured sound sequence ineluctably break through selective attention and …

Distraction by irrelevant background sound of visually-based cognitive tasks illustrates the
vulnerability of attentional selectivity across modalities. Four experiments centred on …

The main goal of the present research is to gain a better understanding of the consequences
of background noise on learning, with a specific focus on how noise may impair maths …

This study examined how the intelligibility of irrelevant speech, determined with the Speech
Transmission Index (STI), affects demanding cognitive task performance. Experiment was …

Past studies show that novel auditory stimuli, presented in the context of an otherwise
repeated sound, capture participants' attention away from a focal task, resulting in …