People are sometimes able to detect their name being spoken in an alternative conversation even when they are presently engaged
in differently conversations. This example demonstrates the ability to hear ones voice among many when encountering meaningful I formation, which is known as
The cocktail party effect. The cocktail party effect is the phenomenon of the brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.
