Disruption of office-related tasks by speech and office noise

Banbury (1998) · British Journal of Psychology · Read the paper

Banbury and Berry, British Journal of Psychology 89(3), 1998, 499-517. Three experiments on prose memory and mental arithmetic: speech disrupted both tasks; noise without speech disrupted only arithmetic. No figures in the abstract.

Banbury and Berry, British Journal of Psychology 89(3), 1998, 499-517. Three experiments on prose memory and mental arithmetic: speech disrupted both tasks; noise without speech disrupted only arithmetic. No figures in the abstract.

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Banbury, S. P., & Berry, D. C. (1998). Disruption of office-related tasks by speech and office noise. British Journal of Psychology, 89(3), 499-517. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.tb02699.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.tb02699.x