Curious information-seeking is known to be a key driver for learning, but characterizing this
important psychological phenomenon remains a challenge. In this article, we argue that …

Curiosity is a universal characteristic of childhood that can motivate and direct attention
during information-seeking to support knowledge development. Understanding the …

Curiosity can be a powerful motivator to learn and retain new information. Evidence shows
that high states of curiosity elicited by a specific source (ie, a trivia question) can promote …

Gamified and immersive educational interventions have proven to be powerful motivators to
encourage participation in unattractive activities, and human–computer interaction (HCI) is …

An enduring question in cognitive science is how perceptually novel objects are processed.
Addressing this issue has been limited by the absence of a standardised set of object-like …

Exploration is curiosity-driven when it relies on the intrinsic motivation to know rather than on
extrinsic rewards. Recent evidence shows that artificial agents perform better on a variety of …

This paper presents rational inattention as a new, transdiagnostic theory of information
seeking in neurodevelopmental conditions that have uneven cognitive and socio‐emotional …

Curiosity, an innate and intrinsic motivation to explore, makes vital contributions to learning
in individuals of various ages. Epistemic curiosity centers on the drive to close information …

The current study investigated how metacognitive abilities such as Knowledge Confidence
(subjective prior knowledge estimate) and Correctness Confidence (appraisal of the …

Infants as young as 14 months can track cross-situational statistics between sets of words
and objects to acquire word–referent mappings. However, in naturalistic word learning …