JeffL wrote:
AKA selective hearing
That may be so, but the condition is not volitional
I am not consciously choosing to not hear the first part of the communication
Orson Burleigh wrote:
That may be so, but the condition is not volitional
I am not consciously choosing to not hear the first part of the communication
I agree. Our conditioned response is to filter out the voice. That makes it discernible only when it is querulous. Like “Did you hear what I just said?”, or “Don’t you agree?”, or “Weren’t you listening?”
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