It has been proposed that the functional role of the mismatch negativity (MMN) generating
process is to issue a call for focal attention toward any auditory change violating the …

In the previous 15 years, a variety of experimental paradigms and methods have been
employed to study inhibition. In the current review, we analyze studies that have used the …

Aging has been assumed to go along with deficient inhibitory processes in cognitive
performance. According to this inhibition deficit hypothesis, older adults are less able to …

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

Many sound sources emit signals in a predictable manner. The idea that predictability can
be exploited to support the segregation of one source's signal emissions from the …

The relation between informal musical activities at home and electrophysiological indices of
neural auditory change detection was investigated in 2–3‐year‐old children. Auditory event …

Auditory sensory memory is an important ability for successful language acquisition and
processing. The mismatch negativity (MMN) in response to auditory stimuli has been …

Satisfaction with activity-based work environments (ABW environments) often falls short of
expectations, with striking differences among individual workers. A better understanding of …

The presentation of auditory oddball stimuli (novels) among otherwise repeated sounds
(standards) triggers a well-identified chain of electrophysiological responses: The detection …

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 …