CURIOSITY AND SPONTANEOUS ALTERNATION

Spontaneous Alternation Behavior in Human Neutrophils

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a benign curiosity or a significant problem?

OBJECTIVE To identify the significance of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) and to optimize its management. METHODS A retrospective analysis was undertaken of all patients presenting with SPM over a 5-year period. Eighteen patients were identified, and information on their presentations, initial diagnoses, comorbidities, investigations, clinical courses, length of hospital stays, and outcom...

Spontaneous alternation in marine crabs: invasive versus native species.

Organisms ranging from paramecia to humans tend to explore places that have been least recently explored, which is referred to as spontaneous alternation. Although organisms rely on different sources of information in alternating between places, the emergent behavioral pattern is likely advantageous during exploration and foraging. Under this rationale, continuous spontaneous alternation perfor...

Curiosity about Curiosity

Ilhan Inan’s (2012) approach to curiosity is based on the following central theses: (i) for every question asked out of curiosity there is a corresponding term (defi nite description) that is inostensible for the asker (its reference is unknown) and that has the function of uniquely identifying an object; (ii) the satisfaction of curiosity is always in the form of coming to know an object as fa...

Curiosity

This is editorial letter 15, which I submit to you as your Editor-in-Chief of International Surgery, the flagship Journal of the International College of Surgeons. International Surgery has had ten Editorsin-Chief since establishment of the Journal and I am the 11th Editor-in-Chief. Curiosity is, in part, what drives achievement and progress. Albert Einstein is quoted: ‘‘The important thing is ...