Lecture 1 - What is creativity? What is curiosity? What is consolidation? Flashcards
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List 4 way methods we can use to measure creativity.
- Alternate Uses Task (AUT)
- Candle problem
- Remote Association Task (RAT)
- Analogies
Describe the method of the Alternate Uses Task (AUT).
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Describe the method of the Candle problem.
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Describe the method of the Remote Association Task (RAT).
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Describe ways in which we can improve creativity.
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Describe the standard consolidation theory (SC).
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Describe place cells and spontaneous replay.
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Describe the history of the definition of curiosity.
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What elicits curiosity?
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List some ways in which you can measure curiosity.
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Essential reading:
Kang, M. J., Hsu, M., Krajbich, I. M., Loewenstein, G., McClure, S. M., Wang, J. T.-Y., & Camerer, C. F. (2009). The wick in the candle of learning: epistemic curiosity activates reward circuitry and enhances memory. Psychological Science, 20(8), 963–973.
Gruber, M. J., Gelman, B. D., & Ranganath, C. (2014). States of curiosity modulate hippocampus-dependent learning via the dopaminergic circuit. Neuron, 84(2), 486–496.
Lau, J. K. L., Ozono, H., Kuratomi, K., Komiya, A., & Murayama, K. (2020). Shared striatal activity in decisions to satisfy curiosity and hunger at the risk of electric shocks. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0848-3
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