When one encounters a novel stimulus this sets off a cascade of brain responses, activating
several neuromodulatory systems. As a consequence novelty has a wide range of effects on …

The auditory system essentially deals with sequential type of input and thus requires
processing that is particularly suited to extract stimulus relations within a sequence …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that rare and unexpected changes in an otherwise
repetitive or structured sound sequence ineluctably break through selective attention and …

Objectives: Increased listening effort in school-age children with hearing loss (CHL) could
compromise learning and academic achievement. Identifying a sensitive behavioral …

It is often assumed that rendering an alert signal more salient yields faster responses to this
alert. Yet, there might be a trade-off between attracting attention and distracting from task …

The present review focuses on the development of involuntary attention mechanisms in the
context of the occurrence of unexpected events during childhood. We introduce a prevailing …

Unexpected novel sounds can capture our attention and impair performance. Recent
behavioral research revealed that only novel sounds that provided target‐related (but not …

Previous work compellingly demonstrates a crossmodal plastic reorganization of auditory
cortex in deaf individuals, leading to increased neural responses to non-auditory sensory …

Given the important amount of visual and auditory linguistic information that pilots have to
process, operating an aircraft generates a high working-memory load (WML). In this context …