Tuned to explore: Increased phasic responses to auditory targets and novelty in children regardless of induced tonic arousal
Anne Mathieu, Ursula Schöllkopf, Sophie Chen, Andreas Widmann, Nicole Wetzel, Aurélie Bidet‐Caulet
This study examines how modulating tonic arousal affects attentional processing in children and adults, finding no effect of arousal modulation but stronger phasic responses in children to novel stimuli.
bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience