cocktail party effect

English

Etymology

Suggesting a party where many groups of people are talking at the same time.

Noun

cocktail party effect (plural cocktail party effects)

  1. The ability (or the difficulty) of focusing one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.
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