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cocktail party effect

ability to pay attention to one conversation among many
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cocktail party effect

Summary

cocktail party effect is an aptitude[1]. It draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (aptitude category, ranking #17 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • cocktail party effect's instance of is recorded as aptitude[3].
  • cocktail party is named after cocktail party effect[4].
  • cocktail party effect is a type of effect[5].
  • cocktail party effect's facet of is recorded as selective auditory attention[6].
  • cocktail party effect's different from is recorded as Cocktail effect[7].
  • cocktail party effect's studied by is recorded as audiology[8].
  • cocktail party effect's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[9].

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Definition and Type

cocktail party effect's instance of is recorded as aptitude[3]. It is a type of effect[5].

Origins

cocktail party is named after cocktail party effect[4].

Why It Matters

cocktail party effect draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (aptitude category, ranking #17 of 33).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cocktail party effect. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cocktail-party-effect
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cocktail-party-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cocktail party effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cocktail-party-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 26d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → aptitude
    Subclass of → —
    Named after → cocktail party
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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