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34 undergraduates; 34.6 per cent recalled hearing their name; attention shifts only for the two items following the name.
34 undergraduates; 34.6 per cent recalled hearing their name; attention shifts only for the two items following the name.
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Memory, and Cognition, 21(1), 255-260. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.21.1.255. Abstract read (PubMed 7876773): 34 undergraduates; 34.6 per cent recalled hearing their name; attention shifts only for the two items following the name.