Unexpected events are part of everyday experience. They come in several varieties—action
errors, unexpected action outcomes, and unexpected perceptual events—and they lead to …

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 …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Previous findings on adult second-language (L2) learners showed systematic phonetic
changes in their production of the native language (L1) starting in the first weeks of L2 …

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

While laptops and other Internet accessible technologies facilitate student learning in the
classroom, they also increase opportunities for interruptions from off-task social networking …

Past studies show that novel auditory stimuli, presented in the context of an otherwise
repeated sound, capture participants' attention away from a focal task, resulting in …

There have been several advancements in the field of myoelectric prostheses to improve
dexterity and restore hand grasp patterns for persons with upper limb loss, including robust …

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

Anthropogenic noise is pervasive and may affect wildlife in many ways. Anthropogenic noise
also adds to the acoustic environment's complexity, making it more difficult for animals to …