Peggy is in a room crowded with people. Everyone is talking and she has a hard time hearing people close by her. Suddenly, from the other side of the room, she hears someone whisper the name "Peggy." Peggy's ability to hear her name is due to:

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Peggy's ability to hear her name despite the surrounding noise is an example of the cocktail party phenomenon, which refers to the brain's ability to selectively focus on a particular stimulus (such as one's name) while filtering out other stimuli in the environment.

Peggy Is in a Room Crowded with People