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I hear my own name in background noise even when no one said it
This is called the 'cocktail party effect' — your auditory system continuously scans incoming sound for self-relevant signals even when you're focused elsewhere. Your name is one of the strongest triggers because it has high emotional salience from infancy. False positives are common and normal.
Have you ever done this?
Be honest — have you ever done this?
Related fact
Your name is processed preferentially by the brain from birth — even newborns show different brain responses to their own name compared to other names.