Open-plan office noise: The susceptibility and suitability of different cognitive tasks for work in the presence of irrelevant speech
The aim of the present study was to test which tasks are suitable for work in open-plan offices according to how susceptible they are to disruption produced by the mere presence of irrelevant speech. The tasks were chosen to tap fundamental capacities of office work involving: search for relevant in...
Main Author: | Helena Jahncke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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Series: | Noise and Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2012;volume=14;issue=61;spage=315;epage=320;aulast=Jahncke |
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