Hi,
I just fell asleep in class with the camera off and when the professor called my name to make sure my group was ready to present I immediately woke up to say that I was in the lecture and almost had a heart attack because missing this specific lecture is an automatic fail. I wanted to ask anyone as to why we wake up if someone calls our name even when we’ve been asleep for 10+ minutes, but don’t wake up when hearing other people’s names or the lecture content.
In: Biology
Now, I’m no doctor, but I believe a part of this also revolves around “The Cocktail Party Effect.” Basically, it’s that thing that makes you hear your name from across a crowded room at a cocktail party. Part of our brain is triggered by hearing our name, even if we don’t think we were listening for it.
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