Abstract
The effects of loud noise are examined by observing its influence upon a combined tracking and multi-source monitoring task. Tracking (the primary task) improves in noise, as does the detection of centrally located signals in the monitoring task. Peripheral signals are detected less often in noise. The data are interpreted in terms of increased selectivity of attention with arousal.
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Noise (video)Task (project management)ArousalPsychologySpeech recognitionSelective attentionTracking (education)Background noiseCommunicationAudiologyCognitive psychologyComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceCognitionNeuroscienceEngineeringTelecommunications
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- 22
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- 28-36
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G. Robert J. Hockey
(1970).
Effect of Loud Noise on Attentional Selectivity.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
, 22
(1)
, 28-36.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14640747008401898
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- 10.1080/14640747008401898