The mental process of focusing awareness on specific stimuli. It plays a crucial role in detecting changes because if your attention is elsewhere, you may miss important alterations in sound.
Perceptual set: A predisposition to perceive things in a certain way based on previous experiences or expectations. Your perceptual set can influence how quickly and accurately you detect changes in music tracks.
Sensory adaptation: The decrease in sensitivity to a constant stimulus over time. If your senses become adapted to a particular volume or pitch level, it may be more challenging for you to detect subsequent changes.