Lauren is at the airport waiting to board her flight.She initiates a friendly conversation with another passenger.Despite the noise at the airport and multiple announcements being made at the same time, Lauren is able to focus on what the passenger is saying.This scenario best demonstrates the

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The cocktail-party effect refers to the phenomenon where a person is able to focus on one particular conversation even in noisy or crowded environments. In this scenario, despite the noise at the airport, Lauren is able to focus on the conversation with the other passenger, which is an example of the cocktail-party effect. The Stroop effect refers to the interference in processing information due to a mismatch between a written word and the color it is printed in, the volley principle refers to the way in which certain neurons fire in succession to encode sound, and sound shadow refers to the effect of sound waves being blocked or absorbed by an object, causing a shadow zone where the sound is not heard as loudly. None of these concepts apply to the scenario described.

Lauren Is at the Airport Waiting to Board Her Flight