title: Effects of predictable and unpredictable auditory stimuli on selective attention.
abstract: 6 normal male and 10 normal female high school students completed two versions of the Stroop Color-Word Task in the presence of predictable and unpredictable auditory stimuli. Selective attention was hypothesized to be facilitated by predictable auditory stimuli and unaffected or hindered by unpredictable auditory stimuli. A one-factor repeated-measures analysis of variance showed selective attention was facilitated significantly by the predictable auditory stimuli on a paced version of the Stroop Color-Word Task.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kiger
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003118:Color Perception; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D011930:Reaction Time; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014705:Verbal Behavior