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Marsh, John E.; Hughes, Robert W.; Jones, Dylan M. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2008
Five experiments demonstrate auditory-semantic distraction in tests of memory for semantic category-exemplars. The effects of irrelevant sound on category-exemplar recall are shown to be functionally distinct from those found in the context of serial short-term memory by showing sensitivity to: The lexical-semantic, rather than acoustic,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Short Term Memory, Semiotics, Auditory Perception