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Curiosity

Curiosity (from Latin cūriōsitās, from cūriōsus "careful, diligent, curious", akin to cura "care") can be a quality related to inquisitive thinking, such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident in humans and other animals. It can also refer to something (an event, object, person, etc.) which can cause curiosity. When it is for an object it…

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Curiosity-driven behavior

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Role of neurological aspects and structures

Early development

Curiosity as a virtue

Impact from disease

Morbid curiosity

Curiosity in artificial intelligence

Curiosity mementos

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Curiosity

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples133
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Curiosity

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related to Further reading · 37
Curiosity → Are, Books, Cech, Conn, COVID-19, David, February, Gary, In, Instead, ISBN, Livio, LXXII, Manguel, March, New Haven, Norton, Oshinsky, Quest, RNA
related to Curiosity-drive theory · 9
Curiosity → By, Causes, Curiosity-drive, Derivations, Each, Once, The, This, When
related to Morbid curiosity · 8
Curiosity → According, Alternatively, Another, Erika Engelhaupt, It, Morbid, One, This
related to Cognitive-consistency theory · 6
Curiosity → Aggressive, Cognitive-consistency, If, Similar, This, When
related to Memory and learning · 6
Curiosity → Additionally, If, In, Memory, Stimuli, With
see also · 6
Curiosity → Blue, Curiosity-driven, Feeling, Theory, Type, Voluntary
has cause · 5
Curiosity → Early, It, Many, Research, This
related to Attention · 5
Curiosity → As, Attention, Individuals, The, This
related to Early development · 5
Curiosity → According, Jean Piaget, Most, Piaget, There
related to Motivation and reward · 5
Curiosity → In, Many, Reward, So, The

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behavior reward exploratory may information learning memory also stimuli new curious theory desire uncertainty suggests motivation attention role knowledge unfamiliar

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Curiosityis aprimary or secondary drive and if this curiosity-drive originates due to one's need to make sense of and regulate one's environment or if it is caused by an external stimulus0.90text
Curiosityis adesire to seek out and understand unfamiliar or novel stimuli0.90text
thinkinginstance ofconsisting of internally fueled mental processes0.80text
Curiosityhas causeMany0.60section
Curiosityhas causeIt0.60section
Curiosityhas causeResearch0.60section
Curiosityhas causeEarly0.60section
Curiosityhas causeThis0.60section
Curiosityhas impactNeurodegenerative0.60section
Curiosityhas impactFor0.60section
Curiosityhas impactAlzheimer's0.60section
Curiosityhas impactDepression0.60section

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