Educational theories downplaying external stimuli have inadvertently reduced clarity and equity in education. Effective ...

This research shows that the cerebral cortex is continuously detecting novel stimuli, in order to change and improve its predictions of the future. Novelty detection is a critical function for ...

Why? It's all about context. How we react to sounds and other sensory stimuli depends on how they're presented. We often don't know how we'll respond to something until we experience it.