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Research on Curiosity

Social Interaction

  • Thomas V.L., Vinuales G. Understanding the role of social influence in piquing curiosity and influencing attitudes and behaviors in a social network environment

  • Kahan D.M., Landrum A., Carpenter K., Helft L., Hall Jamieson K. Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing

  • Kawamoto T., Ura M., Hiraki K. Curious people are less affected by social rejection

  • van Kampen H.S. Violated expectancies: Cause and function of exploration, fear, and aggression

  • Wang H., Li J. How trait curiosity influences psychological well-being and emotional exhaustion: The mediating role of personal initiative

  • Agneswaran A., Javeri A. The relationship between epistemic curiosity and social desirability among Indian students

  • Lauriola M., Litman J.A., Mussel P., De Santis R., Crowson H.M., Hoffman R.R. Epistemic curiosity and self-regulation

  • Jovanovi? V., Gavrilov-Jerkovi? V. The good, the bad (and the ugly): The role of curiosity in subjective well-being and risky behaviors among adolescents

  • Kashdan T.B., Sherman R.A., Yarbro J., Funder D.C. How Are Curious People Viewed and How Do They Behave in Social Situations? From the Perspectives of Self, Friends, Parents, and Unacquainted Observers

  • Kashdan T.B., Dewall C.N., Pond R.S., Silvia P.J., Lambert N.M., Fincham F.D., Savostyanova A.A., Keller P.S. Curiosity Protects Against Interpersonal Aggression: Cross-Sectional, Daily Process, and Behavioral Evidence

  • Jovanovic V., Brdaric D. Did curiosity kill the cat? Evidence from subjective well-being in adolescents

  • Hartung F.-M., Renner B. Social curiosity and interpersonal perception: A judge x trait interaction

  • Harrison S.H., Sluss D.M., Ashforth B.E. Curiosity Adapted the Cat: The Role of Trait Curiosity in Newcomer Adaptation

  • Gallagher M.W., Lopez S.J. Curiosity and well-being

  • Kashdan T.B., Steger M.F. Curiosity and pathways to well-being and meaning in life: Traits, states, and everyday behaviors

  • Renner B. Curiosity about people: The development of a social curiosity measure in adults

Attention

  • Kim Y.-B., Lee S.-H. Mobile gamer’s epistemic curiosity affecting continuous play intention. Focused on playersí switching costs and epistemic curiosity

  • Baranes A., Oudeyer P.-Y., Gottlieb J. Eye movements reveal epistemic curiosity in human observers

Business

  • Mussel P. Introducing the construct curiosity for predicting job performance

  • Koo D.-M., Ju S.-H. The interactional effects of atmospherics and perceptual curiosity on emotions and online shopping intention

  • Koo D.-M., Choi Y.-Y. Knowledge search and people with high epistemic curiosity

  • Reio Jr. T.G., Sanders-Reio J. Sensation seeking as an inhibitor of job performance

  • van de Ven N., Zeelenberg M., van Dijk E. Buying and selling exchange goods: Outcome information, curiosity and the endowment effect

  • Fletcher F.M. Concepts, curiosity and careers

Cognition

  • Mussel P. Introducing the construct curiosity for predicting job performance

  • Koo D.-M., Ju S.-H. The interactional effects of atmospherics and perceptual curiosity on emotions and online shopping intention

  • Koo D.-M., Choi Y.-Y. Knowledge search and people with high epistemic curiosity

  • Reio Jr. T.G., Sanders-Reio J. Sensation seeking as an inhibitor of job performance

  • van de Ven N., Zeelenberg M., van Dijk E. Buying and selling exchange goods: Outcome information, curiosity and the endowment effect

  • Fletcher F.M. Concepts, curiosity and careers

Development

  • Marshall S. On measuring the subtleties of change: a reflection on small-scale evaluation in arts therapies work with adults with learning disabilities

  • Van der Horst A.C., Klehe U.-C., Van der Heijden B.I.J.M. Adapting to a looming career transition: How age and core individual differences interact

  • Dellenbach M., Zimprich D. Typical intellectual engagement and cognition in old age

  • Moore S.G., Bulbulian K.N. The effects of contrasting styles of adult-child interaction on children’s curiosity

  • Maw W.H., Maw E.W. Differences between high- and low-curiosity fifth-grade children in their recognition of verbal absurdities

  • Hung D.W. Generalization of “curiosity” questioning behavior in autistic children

Emotions

  • Pekrun R., Vogl E., Muis K.R., Sinatra G.M. Measuring emotions during epistemic activities: the Epistemically-Related Emotion Scales

  • Caldwell D.F., Burger J.M. Learning about unchosen alternatives: When does curiosity overcome regret avoidance?

  • Bar-Anan Y., Wilson T.D., Gilbert D.T. The Feeling of Uncertainty Intensifies Affective Reactions

  • Kashdan T.B., Rose P., Fincham F.D. Curiosity and exploration: Facilitating positive subjective experiences and personal growth opportunities

  • Rodrigue J.R., Olson K.R., Markley R.P. Induced mood and curiosity

  • Stephens D.N., Tonkiss J., Wearden J.H. Differences between rats undernourished preweaning, and controls in learning about a redundant stimulus during acquisition of a conditioned emotional response

  • RUSSELL P.A. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOUR AND FEAR: A REVIEW

  • Silvia P.J. Interest – The curious emotion

  • Maner J.K., Gerend M.A. Motivationally selective risk judgments: Do fear and curiosity boost the boons or the banes?

  • van Dijk E., Zeelenberg M. When curiosity killed regret: Avoiding or seeking the unknown in decision-making under uncertainty

Motivation

  • Di Domenico S.I., Ryan R.M. The emerging neuroscience of intrinsic motivation: A new frontier in self-determination research

  • Gonz·lez-Cutre D., Sicilia ¡., Sierra A.C., Ferriz R., Hagger M.S. Understanding the need for novelty from the perspective of self-determination theory

  • Isikman E., MacInnis D.J., Ðlk¸men G., Cavanaugh L.A. The effects of curiosity-evoking events on activity enjoyment

  • Caron A.J. Curiosity, achievement, and avoidant motivation as determinants of epistemic behavior

Education & Learning

  • Powell C., Nettelbeck T. Intellectual curiosity may not incrementally predict academic success

  • Powell C., Nettelbeck T. May intellectual curiosity prevail

  • von Stumm S., Hell B., Chamorro-Premuzic T. Facts and findings: A reply to Powell and Nettelbeck (2014)

  • Hodgson P. Amplifying a discovery-enriched curriculum: Process and outcomes

  • Karwowski M. Did curiosity kill the cat? Relationship between trait curiosity, creative self-efficacy and creative personal identity

  • Kashdan T.B., Yuen M. Whether highly curious students thrive academically depends on perceptions about the school learning environment: A study of Hong Kong adolescents

  • Berlyne D.E. Curiosity and learning

  • Bull S.G., Dizney H.F. Epistemic curiosity arousing prequestions: their effect on long term retention

  • Maw W.H., Maw E.W. Nature of creativity in high- and low-curiosity boys

  • DAY H.Y. ROLE OF SPECIFIC CURIOSITY IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT

  • PARADOWSKI W. EFFECT OF CURIOSITY ON INCIDENTAL LEARNING

  • Peters R.A. Effects of anxiety, curiosity, and perceived instructor threat on student verbal behavior in the college classroom

  • Vidler D.C., Karan V.E. A study of curiosity, divergent thinking, and test anxiety

  • Marvin C.B., Shohamy D. Curiosity and reward: Valence predicts choice and information prediction errors enhance learning

  • Woods-Groves S., Choi T. Relationship of teachersí ratings of kindergartenersí 21st century skills and student performance

  • Powell C., Nettelbeck T., Burns N.R. The incremental validity of intellectual curiosity and confidence for predicting academic performance in advanced tertiary students

  • Hardy J.H., III, Ness A.M., Mecca J. Outside the box: Epistemic curiosity as a predictor of creative problem solving and creative performance

  • von Stumm S., Hell B., Chamorro-Premuzic T. The hungry mind: Intellectual curiosity is the third pillar of academic performance

  • McGillivray S., Murayama K., Castel A.D. Thirst for Knowledge: The Effects of Curiosity and Interest on Memory in Younger and Older Adults

  • Oudeyer, Gottlieb, Lopes Intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and learning: Theory and applications in educational technologies.

  • Hassan M.M., Bashir S., Mussel P. Personality, learning, and the mediating role of epistemic curiosity: A case of continuing education in medical physicians

  • LíEcuyer C. The Wonder Approach to learning

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