Curiosity is the strong desire to learn or know more about something or someone. Since learning is often a social endeavor, social dynamics in collaborative learning may inevitably influence curiosity. There is a scarcity of research, however, focusing on how curiosity can be evoked in group learning contexts. Inspired by a recently proposed theoretical framework [29] that articulates an integr...

BACKGROUND Curiosity about cigarettes is a reliable predictor of susceptibility to smoking and established use among youth. Related research has been limited to cigarettes, and lacks national-level estimates. Factors associated with curiosity about tobacco products, such as advertising, have been postulated but rarely tested. PURPOSE To describe the prevalence of curiosity about cigarettes, s...

Exploration of how to foster early inquisitiveness through the creation new learning models. Our primary goal in this study is provide a teaching framework for stimulating children' natural curiosity childhood. The success models piquing interest can be attributed two factors: their production and ability work. participants were children aged 5 6. students selected group, 5-6, randomly serve as...

Whereas prior literature has studied the positive effects of curiosity-evoking events that are integral to focal activities, we explore whether and how a curiosity-evoking event that is incidental to a focal activity induces negative outcomes for enjoyment. Four experiments and 1 field study demonstrate that curiosity about an event that is incidental to an activity in which individuals are eng...

Curiosity is one of the most basic biological drives in both animals and humans, and has been identified as a key motive for learning and discovery. Despite the importance of curiosity and related behaviors, the topic has been largely neglected in human neuroscience; hence little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms underlying curiosity. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (f...

Intelligent animals devote much time and energy to exploring and obtaining information, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We review recent developments on this topic that have emerged from the traditionally separate fields of machine learning, eye movements in natural behavior, and studies of curiosity in psychology and neuroscience. These studies show that exploration may be...

Disagreement exists about how to best spark young children’s motivation learn natural science. Both curiosity and wonder are considered important motivational factors for learning during early childhood (0–8 years). This systematic literature review explores research scientific in education care published from 2010–2020. The outlines the population of interest (participants study, age children,...

Our actions and decisions are regularly influenced by the social environment around us. Can cues be leveraged to induce curiosity affect subsequent behavior? Across two experiments, we show that is contagious: The can influence people's about answers scientific questions. Participants were presented with everyday questions science from a popular on-line forum, these shown high or low number of ...