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The Cocktail Party Effect & the Brain

March 8, 2013 Sarah Williams

Have a listen to this short segment on NPR that discusses how the brain works in noise.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/07/173613681/hear-that-in-a-din-of-voices-our-brains-can-tune-to-one

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