Curiosity has been described as a desire for learning and knowledge, but its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We scanned subjects with functional magnetic resonance imaging while they read trivia questions. The level of curiosity when reading questions was correlated with activity in caudate regions previously suggested to be involved in anticipated reward. This finding led to a b...

Curiosity is a universal and omnipotent, predominantly human trait. It underlies child development and plays a major role in learning, discovery and art. In between, it is the spice of daily life and a strong bonding element between people. For clinicians, curiosity makes the difference between tiresome ‘automatic pilot’ practice and keenly expecting to meet a new challenge, a new learning oppo...

The success of horror films, popularity true crime, and prevalence violence in the news implies that morbid curiosity is a common psychological trait. However, research on largely absent from literature. In this paper, I present psychometric tool for assessing curiosity, defined as motivation to seek out information about dangerous phenomena, use it investigate nature curiosity. studies 1 2 (nt...

Bioprospecting of novel antibiotics has been the conventional norm research fostered by researchers worldwide to combat drug resistance. With exhaustion incessant leads, search for new chemical entities moves into uncharted territories such as deep sea. The sea is a furthermost ecosystem with much untapped biodiversity thriving under extreme conditions. Accordingly, it also encompasses vast poo...