摘要

Attention plays a central role in the problem of informational masking, a key element of the cocktail party problem, itself described more than 60 years ago. This review considers recent research that has illuminated how attention operates, not only on the auditory objects of perception, but on the processes of grouping and streaming that give rise to those objects. Competition between endogenous and exogenous attention, the acoustic and informational separability of the objects making up an auditory scene and their interaction with the task requirement of the listener all paint a picture of a complex heterarchy of functions.

  • 出版日期2014-8