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Mental arithmetic and non-speech office noise: An exploration of interference-by-content
Nick Perham1, Helen Hodgetts2, Simon Banbury3
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
2 School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
3 CAE, Professional Services, Ottawa, Canada
Correspondence Address:
Nick Perham
Department of Applied Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB
United Kingdom
An interference-by-content account of auditory distraction - in which the impairment to task performance derives from the similarity of what is being recalled and what is being ignored - was explored concerning mental arithmetic performance. Participants completed both a serial recall and a mental arithmetic task in the presence of quiet, office noise with speech (OS) and office noise without speech (ONS). Both tasks revealed that the two office noise condition�SQ�s significantly impaired performance. That the ONS produced this deficit suggests that an interference-by-content account cannot explain impairment to mental arithmetic performance by background sound.
How to cite this article:
Perham N, Hodgetts H, Banbury S. Mental arithmetic and non-speech office noise: An exploration of interference-by-content.Noise Health 2013;15:73-78
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How to cite this URL:
Perham N, Hodgetts H, Banbury S. Mental arithmetic and non-speech office noise: An exploration of interference-by-content. Noise Health [serial online] 2013 [cited 2023 Jun 9 ];15:73-78
Available from: https://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2013;volume=15;issue=62;spage=73;epage=78;aulast=Perham;type=0 |
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