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      How does choice affect curiosity?

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      Creators
      Romero Verdugo, P.
      Lieshout, L.L.F. van
      Lange, F.P. de
      Cools, R.
      Date of Archiving
      2021
      Archive
      Radboud Data Repository
      DOI
      https://doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.34973/6xvp-qp82
      Publication type
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      Access level
      Restricted access
      Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2066/242665   https://hdl.handle.net/2066/242665
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      Organization
      Psychiatry
      PI Group Motivational & Cognitive Control
      SW OZ DCC CO
      PI Group Predictive Brain
      Audience(s)
      Life sciences
      Languages used
      English
      Key words
      curiosity; choice; uncertainty; expected value; information seeking; cognitive psychology; cognitive neuroscience
      Abstract
      In our connected era, we spend significant time and effort pursuing our curiosity. Often, we choose which information we seek, but sometimes, the selection is made for us. We hypothesized that humans exhibit enhanced curiosity in the context of choice. We designed a task in which healthy participants saw two lotteries on each trial. On some trials, participants chose which lottery to play. On other trials, the lottery was selected for them. Participants then indicated their curiosity about the outcome of the lottery to be played via self-report ratings (Experiment 1, N=34) or willingness to wait decisions (Experiment 2, N=34). We found that participants exhibited higher curiosity ratings and higher willingness to wait for the outcome of lotteries they had chosen than for lotteries that had been selected for them (controlling for initial preference). This demonstrates that choice boosts curiosity, which may have implications to boost learning, memory, and motivation.
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