A preregistered replication and extension of the cocktail party phenomenon: one’s name captures attention, unexpected words do not
29 per cent noticed their own name; more shadowing errors around it; low-span participants more likely to notice; unexpected words rarely detected.
29 per cent noticed their own name; more shadowing errors around it; low-span participants more likely to notice; unexpected words rarely detected.
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Memory, and Cognition, 47(2), 234-242. doi:10.1037/xlm0000874. Abstract read (PubMed 32833466): 29 per cent noticed their own name; more shadowing errors around it; low-span participants more likely to notice; unexpected words rarely detected.