The ability to focus on one stimulus while filtering out other stimuli is called
A) sensory memory.
B) cocktail party effect.
C) detection.
D) filtering.

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The cocktail party effect is the phenomenon of the brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

The Ability to Focus on One Stimulus While Filtering Out