What is it about?
We find that intellectual curiosity (i.e., epistemic curiosity) is expressed very similarly in young children as it is in adults (see also, Litman, 2008; Litman, 2010; Litman, Crowson, & Kolinski, 2010; and Litman & Mussel, 2013).
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Why is it important?
If there is evidence that common themes in epistemic (intellectual) curiosity emerge so early in life, it further suggests that it may be innate.
Perspectives
I'm also doing work on evidence of expressing "wide wonder" (what I call Interest-type curiosity) and "brow-furrowed problem solving" expressions of curiosity (what I call Deprivation-type) found in infants as young as a few months in archival data. We find those expressions in young children (3-7), adolescents 7 - 12, (in progress), and also in adults from about 17 - 70, so it looks like we're on to something here...
Dr Jordan Litman
http://drjlitman.net/
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This page is a summary of: Measuring Epistemic Curiosity in Young Children, Infant and Child Development, February 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1847.
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