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This addresses curiosity from a modern, social-affective neuroscience approach.
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This addresses curiosity from a modern, social-affective neuroscience approach. In short, it puts forth solid theory, grounded in empirical data, that includes and then supersedes the hundred year old drive and arousal models scientists still seem enamored with...
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Tired of "no one can agree on the nature of curiosity" type conclusions? Me too. It implies that the debate foils attempts to meaningfully understand and measure it. Very unscientific attitude to take, no? So I developed a model of curiosity that neatly encompasses and expands beyond the archaic drive v. optimal arousal debate, and is rooted in contemporary theory and research in neuroscience, memory and metacognition, individual differences in personality, emotion, and motivation. Check it out. Also see highly related papers: Litman, 2010 and Lauriola, Litman,Mussel, De Santis, Crowson, & Hoffman, 2015. New advances in theory and research coming soon...
Dr Jordan Litman
http://drjlitman.net/
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This page is a summary of: Curiosity and the pleasures of learning: Wanting and liking new information, Cognition & Emotion, September 2005, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02699930541000101.
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