What is it about?
Previous knowledge have shown that your own name is important and can capture attention and distract while you are focusing on other things. Using a different, well-established, method than previous research we show that your own name capture attention at a comparable level as the word "chair", for instance.
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Why is it important?
Our findings add to the knowledge about auditory selective attention and have implications for auditory alarm system design that take a more personalized approach.
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This page is a summary of: ‘What’s in a name?’ ‘No more than when it's mine own’. Evidence from auditory oddball distraction, Acta Psychologica, July 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.05.009.
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