Lecture 2 - What is curiosity? What are the neural underpinnings of curiosity?

Question 1

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Question 2

Describe 2 studies that looked to measure how levels of confidence relates to levels of curiosity.

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Question 3

Describe 1 study that looked to measure how levels of complexity relates to levels of curiosity.

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Question 4

Describe 3 studies that looked to measure influences on epistemic curiosity.

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Question 5

Describe 1 study that looked to measure influences on morbid curiosity.

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Question 6

Describe 3 studies that looked to measure influences on perceptual curiosity.

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Question 7

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Question 8

Describe 2 studies that looked to measure the neural mechanisms of epistemic curiosity.

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Question 9

Describe 2 studies that looked to measure the neural mechanisms of morbid curiosity.

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Question 10

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Potential short exam questions:
- Name a definition of curiosity and discuss its usefulness (one advantage / one disadvantage) for guiding research on curiosity.
- Discuss why it would be useful or not useful for the nascent field of curiosity research to have a single accepted definition.
- How could Tinbergen’s four questions be used to guide research on curiosity?
- Discuss the empirical evidence of how confidence (prior knowledge) is associated with curiosity.

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Question 11

Describe the Lau et al. (2020) journal club study.

Answer 11

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