The Cocktail Party Problem (Cherry)

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Field

Auditory perception

Year

1953

Core idea

How we focus on one voice in a noisy room full of competing talkers.

Why it stuck

Feels like a literal description of sign-out on a busy ward plus a brass section warming up in the next room.

My take

Honestly reads like a justification for why paging over overhead speakers should be a controlled substance.