Abstract
In Exp I, 120 college Ss aged 17-57 yrs performed 1 of 2 tasks (a
listening or a cancellation task) within 1 of 3 auditory environments
(continuous noise, intermittent noise, quiet). Aftereffects of noise
on performance similar to those found by D. C. Glass and J. E. Singer
(1972) were not obtained. Ss reported greater annoyance with noise
when they worked on the listening task (with which the noise interfered)
than when they worked on a routine cancellation task (with which
the noise did not interfere). Exp II (48 Ss) was designed to replicate
more closely Glass and Singer's procedures but produced essentially
the same results as Exp I. Possible explanations for the absence
of aftereffects are discussed. (16 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record
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