Surprise is an emotion associated with an unexpected event or a discrepancy from an expectation. It does not determine pleasantness: an unexpected welcome visitor and an unexpected loss can both be surprising while having different emotional valence. Research can manipulate event probability or prior information and then measure reported surprise, orienting or changes in prediction. These are related operational measures rather than one interchangeable signal. [ref]
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