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		icoder on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than any... "Humans use <todo>" ? Perhaps attention?

tim333 on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

Seems we use a variety of mechanisms, not fully understood - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect

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