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          ·May 8, 2025·6 min read

          Curiosity May Hold Key to Healthy Brain Aging

          New research suggests that while general curiosity tends to decline with age, specific curiosity, or "state curiosity", actually increases later in life, potentially protecting against cognitive decline. Older adults showed heightened interest in learning new information, especially topics related to personal interests, which may help keep the brain sharp.
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          ·July 10, 2024·7 min read

          Brain Study Reveals How Curiosity Arises in Kids

          A new study reveals how the brain triggers curiosity in response to visual ambiguity. Researchers identified brain areas that assess uncertainty, sparking curiosity. Using fMRI, they found that lower confidence in recognizing images leads to higher curiosity. This discovery highlights the deep biological roots of human curiosity and its role in creativity.
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          ·October 24, 2023·5 min read

          Unraveling Curiosity: Why We Savor the Suspense and Shun Spoilers

          A new study reveals a counterintuitive aspect of curiosity: it heightens our patience to learn an answer, yet intensifies our eagerness for it. Researchers utilized short line-drawing videos, akin to popular cooking clips on social media, to explore how curiosity influenced the urge to spoil the end.
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          ·June 19, 2019·5 min read

          Information addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brain

          Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs.
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          ·May 23, 2019·4 min read

          What we think we know, but might not, pushes us to learn more

          Learning is best predicted by both curiosity and an objective measure of knowledge. Researchers suggest it is uncertainty, or when you think you know something then discover you don't, that leads to curiosity and learning outcomes.
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          ·April 8, 2016·4 min read

          Does Curiosity Lead Us To Seek Unpleasant or Painful Outcomes?

          According to researchers, curiosity sometimes leads us to seek out potentially painful or unpleasant outcomes that have no apparent benefit.
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          ·November 4, 2015·4 min read

          Defining Curiosity

          Researchers explore the function, mechanism, evolution and development of curiosity.
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          ·October 2, 2014·3 min read

          How Curiosity Changes the Brain to Enhance Learning

          A new study could help researchers find ways to enhance overall memory and learning in both healthy people and those with neurological problems.
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