Why?: What Makes Us Curious.

By Andrea Gawrylewski. 2017

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Towards Open World Object Detection (2021, background): “Research in developmental psychology [41, 36] finds out that the ability to identify what one doesn’t know, is key in captivating curiosity.”
Towards a neuroscience of active sampling and curiosity (2018, unknown): “…computer science 4,9–11 , studies of curiosity in personality and affective psychology 12–15 , work on child development and education 2,16–20 , experimental and theoretical considerations of information demand in economics 21–23 , and discussions in philosophy 24 and the popular literature 25 .”