Conway, Cowan, and Bunting (2001) conducted an experiment that looked at working memory capacity and the cocktail party phenomenon. What did they find?
a) People who had more common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon.
b) People who had less common names were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon.
c) People with lower working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon.
d) People with higher working memory capacity were less susceptible to the cocktail party phenomenon.
Answer: d
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