Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

What’s the evolved function of curiosity?

Posted 06 Nov 2015 / 0

Image courtesy of Jeffrey Pang via Wikimedia Commons Neuron “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity” (Kidd & Hayden 2015) This is a fantastic review of what is known about curiosity and what needs to be learned about curiosity in the near future. I was glad to see the “four questions” approach to curiosity here. Tinbergen’s questions Read More

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