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Brain discards voices to cope with cocktail party

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Speakers who are not the focus of attention are 'not even heard'.

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  1. Mesgarani, N. & Chang, E. F. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11020 (2012).

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  1. Kerri Smith
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Smith, K. Brain discards voices to cope with cocktail party. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.10466

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