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• ND-0020 · 2005 · Review

  HighAdjacent human mechanism

  Auditory distraction from low-intensity noise: a review of the consequences for learning and workplace environments

  C. P. Beaman. Applied Cognitive Psychology

  Low-intensity sound can impair serial recall and other tasks even when it is not subjectively loud.

• ND-0021 · 2020 · Meta-analysis / synthesis

  HighDirect built environment

  The relation between intelligibility of irrelevant speech and cognitive performance: a revised model

  Haapakangas et al. Indoor Air

  Performance declines became more likely as irrelevant speech became more intelligible; verbal short-term memory was especially sensitive.

• ND-0022 · 2020 · Experimental study

  ModerateDirect built environment

  Irrelevant speech effect in open-plan offices: A laboratory study

  Kostallari et al. Applied Acoustics

  Irrelevant speech degraded aspects of cognitive task performance in an office-like context.

• ND-0134 · 2026 · Experimental EEG study

  ModerateAdjacent human mechanism

  Neural signatures of auditory distraction and cognitive demand during working memory performance

  Leitner & Wriessnegger. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 20, 1919376

  Accuracy rose slightly under distraction alone and under time pressure alone, relative to baseline, and fell only when the two occurred together. Single demands appeared to be absorbed by compensatory effort; the combination was not.