Title: the Physiology of Perception in Human Temporal Lobe Is Specialized for Contextual Novelty 2 3

Title: The physiology of perception in human temporal lobe is specialized for contextual novelty 2 3 Abbreviated title: Perceptual physiology is specialized for novelty 4 5 Author names and affiliations: 6 Kai J. Miller1,2, Dora Hermes3, Nathan Witthoft3, Rajesh P.N. Rao2,4, Jeffrey G. Ojemann2,5 7 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University; 300 Pasteur Drive, Edwards Building; 8 Stanford, CA 94305 9 2. Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington; Box 357270, T-471 Health 10 Sciences Ctr; Seattle, WA 98195-7270 11 3. Department of Psychology, Stanford University; 450 Sierra Mall; Stanford, CA 94305 12 4. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington; Box 352350; 185 13 Stevens Way; Seattle, WA 98195-2350 14 5. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington; 4800 Sand Point Way NE; 15 Seattle, WA 98105 16 17 Corresponding author: Kai J. Miller 18 Address: 19 Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University; 20 300 Pasteur Drive, Edwards Building; 21 Stanford, CA 94305 22 Telephone: 206-355-0244 23 Email: [email protected] 24 25 Conflict of interest: (None). The authors declare no competing financial interests. 26 27 Acknowledgments: 28 We are grateful for helpful discussions with Kalanit Grill-Spector and Bharathi Jagadeesh. This work 29 was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graduate Student Research 30 Program (KJM) and NIH R01-NS065186 (KJM, JGO). The authors declare no competing financial 31 interests. 32 33 34 35 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 13, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00131.2015