Disruption of comprehension by the meaning of irrelevant sound

Author(s): Tremblay, S., Jones, D. M.

Journal/Book: Memory. 2000; 8: 27 Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FA, East Sussex, England. Psychology Press. 345-350.

Abstract: This study investigates the claim that the disruption of comprehension by irrelevant sound is qualitatively different from that of short-term memory for order. Both meaningful and meaningless speech disrupted the comprehensive aspect of the task, but the effect of meaningful speech was significantly greater. Both rehearsal and semantic processing, which are involved in reading comprehension, seem to be susceptible to disruption by irrelevant meaningful speech. The study provides some evidence to suggest that the presence of meaning in the irrelevant sound in creases disruption of performance in cognitive tasks that also call upon processing of meaning.

Note: Article Tremblay S, Cardiff Univ, Sch Psychol, POB 901, Cardiff CF11 3YG, S Glam, WALES

Keyword(s): CHANGING-STATE; SERIAL-RECALL; SPEECH; MEMORY; INFORMATION; SIMILARITY; ATTENTION; ORDER

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