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It is not a psychic ability that allows Han to know that someone is talking about him in the auditorium. Hearing his name is a strong attentional cue and he is experiencing the _____ phenomenon, where we perceive only the conversations our attention focuses on amidst all the people talking.

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cocktail party

Step-by-step explanation:

Cocktail party effect: In psychology, the term cocktail party effect is considered to as a phenomenon in which an individual's brain capacity to focus on his or her auditory attention based on a specific stimulus and therefore filtering out or ignoring other stimuli present.

Example: A woman who is in a party focuses on a conversation she is having with her friend while ignoring other's conversation being in a noisy place.

In the question above, the given statement focuses on the cocktail party phenomenon.

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