It's an incredible network, which i started to appreciate, you know, from aninyour book. But the challenge of hearing multiple voices at the same time and only listening to one of them is quite an achievement. We need to learn what to pay attention to, and we need to learning what to ignore. Rosse again, a, you know,. if you are a speaker of multiple languages, turns out you're particularly good at ignoring information and sounds that are irrelevant.
We undervalue our sense of hearing and we under-appreciate the impact sweet sounds and disturbing noises have on our well-being. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University talks about her book, Of Sound Mind. Kraus argues that our listening affects our minds and brains in ways we ignore at our peril.