Cognition & Perception
What cognition & perception means
Explore attention, perception, thinking, problem-solving and biases.
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The “cocktail party effect” refers to our ability to:
- Remember parties well
- Focus on one voice among many and notice our name
- Multitask perfectly
- See in the dark
Working: Selective attention lets us follow one conversation yet still detect salient stimuli like our own name.
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Related skills
Other Social & Cognitive Psychology skills in Psychology, at the same point in the course.
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