Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity traits.

Autor:	Jach HK; Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany.; School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia., Cools R; Radboudumc, Department of Psychiatry & Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands., Frisvold A; Psychology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721., Grubb MA; Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106., Hartley CA; Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003., Hartmann J; Hartaki LLC, Brooklyn, NY 11205., Hunter L; Neuroscience Department, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027., Jia R; Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519.; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519., de Lange FP; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands., Larisch R; Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519., Lavelle-Hill R; Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany.; Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark.; Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark., Levy I; Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519.; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519.; Departments of Neuroscience, Wu-Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519.; Departments of Psychology, Wu-Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519., Li Y; Departments of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511., van Lieshout LLF; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands., Nussenbaum K; Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003.; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540., Ravaioli S; Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.; Cornerstone Research, New York, NY 10022., Wang S; Psychology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721., Wilson R; Psychology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721., Woodford M; Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027., Murayama K; Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany., Gottlieb J; Neuroscience Department, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2024 Nov 05; Vol. 121 (45), pp. e2415236121. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 28.
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.2415236121
Abstrakt:	To understand human learning and progress, it is crucial to understand curiosity. But how consistent is curiosity's conception and assessment across scientific research disciplines? We present the results of a large collaborative project assessing the correspondence between curiosity measures in personality psychology and cognitive science. A total of 820 participants completed 15 personality trait measures and 9 cognitive tasks that tested multiple aspects of information demand. We show that shared variance across the cognitive tasks was captured by a dimension reflecting directed (uncertainty-driven) versus random (stochasticity-driven) exploration and individual differences along this axis were significantly and consistently predicted by personality traits. However, the personality metrics that best predicted information demand were not the central curiosity traits of openness to experience, deprivation sensitivity, and joyous exploration, but instead included more peripheral curiosity traits (need for cognition, thrill seeking, and stress tolerance) and measures not traditionally associated with curiosity (extraversion and behavioral inhibition). The results suggest that the umbrella term "curiosity" reflects a constellation of cognitive and emotional processes, only some of which are shared between personality measures and cognitive tasks. The results reflect the distinct methods that are used in these fields, indicating a need for caution in comparing results across fields and for future interdisciplinary collaborations to strengthen our emerging understanding of curiosity. Competing Interests: Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.
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