Скачать или смотреть Have you ever heard your name across a noisy room?

You're at a loud party talking to someone, tuning out dozens of other conversations - until someone across the room says your name, and you instantly hear it. Your brain constantly monitors unattended audio for important signals while filtering out noise. This selective attention is why you can follow one conversation while ignoring others, but also why you hear a baby cry even while deeply focused. It evolved as a survival mechanism - your brain needs to catch threats while focusing on tasks. The downside: you miss a lot while focused. Multitasking is largely an illusion - you're rapidly switching attention, not truly processing multiple streams simultaneously.

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Source: Cherry - 1953

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