"cocktail party effect" meaning in All languages combined

See cocktail party effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cocktail party effects [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting a party where many groups of people are talking at the same time. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=cocktail party effect}} 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. Wikipedia link: cocktail party effect
    Sense id: en-cocktail_party_effect-en-noun-TSOrPVNa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Linguistics

Inflected forms

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