In a 1953 study by Edward Cherry, participants were asked to wear headphones through which a different message was delivered to
each ear. Each participant was asked to listen to one of the two messages and repeat it. Later on, participants were tested to see how much of the messages they remembered. What were the results of this study?
During the first stage of the experiment known by psychologists as the cocktail party effect, Edward Cherry he could determine:
Listeners got really confused and were unable to separate conversations when listening simultaneously at both ears at the same time.
Later, when messages were played each on one ear only, participants could differentiate 1 conversation clearly and easily, but ignored completely the other one. Here he could determine:
Listeners couldn't identify language, phrases, backwards playing and even their own name on the rejected conversation.
