English Explanatory Dictionary

cocktail party effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

cocktail party effect cocktail party effects

Etymology

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

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