Curiosity plays a crucial role in learning and education of children. Given its complex nature, it is extremely challenging to automatically understand and recognize it. In this paper, we discuss the contexts under which curiosity can be elicited and provide an associated taxonomy. We present an initial empirical study of curiosity that includes the analysis of cooccurring emotions and the vale...

Curiosity is an essential driving force for science as well as technology, and has led mankind to explore its surroundings, all the way to our current understanding of the universe. Space science and exploration is at the pinnacle of each of these developments, in that it requires the most advanced technology, explores our world and outer space, and constantly pushes the frontier of scientific ...

We present a rational analysis of curiosity, proposing that people’s curiosity is driven by seeking stimuli that maximize their ability to make appropriate responses in the future. This perspective offers a way to unify previous theories of curiosity into a single framework. Experimental results confirm our model’s predictions, showing how the relationship between curiosity and confidence can c...

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We explore the concepts of curiosity and interaction: how can we elicit curiosity in public spaces through interactive systems? We have developed a model consisting of five curiosity-evoking principles. In an iterative design research approach, we have explored the design implementations of these principles. Each principle has been evaluated in a school context, giving us insights about its use...

Since the dawn of our civilization for many individuals it has been a natural curiosity to study the physical world. Historical records date back as far as 2000 B.C. documenting observed Sun-Earth phenomena like the aurora. It was not until the 17 century that scientific theories began to try and explain the happenings of such phenomena and to this day our inquiries persist and continue to grow...