TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Television distraction and the performance of introverts and extroverts
JO  - Applied cognitive psychology
A1  - Furnham, Adrian
A1  - Gunter, Barrie
A1  - Peterson, Emma
SP  - 705
EP  - 711
VL  - 8
IS  - 7
N2  - An experiment was run to test the effect on reading comprehension of distraction by a television programme, which was presented while reading took place. Respondents, classified in terms of extroversion or introversion, carried out two reading comprehension tests in silence and in the presence of a television drama programme. As predicted, extroverts and introverts both performed better in silence, but there was a significant interaction that showed that extroverts performed better than introverts in the presence of television distraction. The findings are discussed in relation to previous research on this subject.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0888-4080
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.2350080708
ID  - ref1
ER  -