In the RANCH study, increasing road traffic noise exposure was associated with enhanced episodic memory, an unexplained counter-intuitive finding¶
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q3 i? Alongside the aircraft noise effect, the RANCH study found enhanced performance in episodic memory with increasing exposure to road traffic noise, a counter-intuitive finding the review says remains unexplained. → Klatte M 2013
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Klatte M 2013¶
Klatte M, Bergström K and Lachmann T (2013) Does noise affect learning? A short review on noise effects on cognitive performance in children. Front. Psychol. 4:578. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00578
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The review reports that the RANCH cross-sectional study, often cited only for the aircraft-noise reading effect, also showed "enhanced performance in episodic memory with increasing exposure to road traffic noise", a finding the review states remains unexplained.
"there was another exposure–effect relationship, revealing enhanced performance in episodic memory with increasing exposure to road traffic noise. This counter-intuitive finding remains unexplained."
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Learner Variables¶
- Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Chronic aircraft noise exposure is associated with lower reading comprehension in children, with a linear exposure–effect relationship — related
- Chronic exposure to indoor noise and reverberation at school is associated with poorer children's reading and prereading skills — related
- Meaningful background speech impairs delayed memory for texts in teenagers more consistently than transportation noise — related
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In the RANCH study, increasing road traffic noise exposure was associated with enhanced episodic memory, an unexplained counter-intuitive finding |
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In the RANCH study, increasing road traffic noise exposure was associated with enhanced episodic memory, an unexplained counter-intuitive finding |
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