1953 – Cherry Cocktail Party Effect

1953 – Cherry Cocktail Party Effect

1953 – Cherry Cocktail Party Effect 1000 636 Looking out Loud

1953: Colin Cherry first describes the Cocktail Party Effect (the ability to focus our listening attention on a single talker talker among a mixture of conversations and background noises, and to pay attention to a stimulus that grabs our attention suddenly, such as our names).