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Masanori Takaoka Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

selective

Our hearing is selective when we are sleeping. A loud noise may not wake someone, but whispering their own name may.

What does "selective" here?
  

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Masanori Takaoka What does "selective" mean here? It means that we hear some things and do not hear other things, a choice evidently made by the subconscious.

— Mister Micawber

  • Masanori Takaoka What does "selective" mean here?
  • It means that we hear some things and do not hear other things, a choice evidently made by the subconscious.
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Masanori TakaokaWhat does "selective" mean here?
It means that we hear some things and do not hear other things, a choice evidently made by the subconscious.
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