Human beings have a natural curiosity to explore and understand their environment. Through advances in technology, mankind has been able to extend the way we see the world to a perspective never before possible. Using airborne and spaceborne platforms, complex imaging systems that surpass the limitations of the human eye are used to observe the Earth. Through these systems, we can now see in sp...

Curiosity is an innately rewarding state of mind that, over the millennia, has driven the human race to explore and discover. Many researches in pedagogical science have confirmed the importance of being curious to the students’ cognitive development. However, in the newly popular virtual world-based learning environments (VLEs), there is currently a lack of attention being paid to enhancing th...

Past media effects research suggests a relationship between morbid curiosity and processing of television news; however, the cognitive and emotional processes involved are little understood. This study compared physiological effects with self-reported reactions of viewers exposed to negative news stories. Fifty adults were shown eight news stories ranging from morbidly negative to positive topi...