The study of curiosity and its impact on learning has advanced our understanding of intrinsic motivation, highlighting the varied ways individuals seek and process new information. Curiosity is not a ...

When Susan Engel, a developmental psychologist at Williams College, decided to spend a few months observing suburban elementary schools, she had a specific goal in mind: to study variations in rates ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I know curiosity killed the cat, but, man, the cat must have had a fine time in his searching. For curiosity certainly holds an allure, and not just for nosy felines. I looked inside ...

In a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, the value of technical skills and knowledge can depreciate with time. However, one timeless skill stands out as a superpower in the workplace and ...

Many of Western society’s urtexts treat curiosity as a sinful transgression and a threat to social order and divine authority. Consider Adam and Eve, who eat the forbidden fruit to gain knowledge and ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...