{"pk":28781,"title":"Curiosity, Frontal EEG Asymmetry, and Learning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Curiosity plays a critical role in our daily behaviors and\ninteractions. Yet, very little is known about its psychological\nand neural underpinnings. By reframing curiosity as the\nmotivation to obtain reward – where the reward is information\n–, and using frequency-based metrics of frontal brain\nlateralization, we aimed to investigate the neural correlates of\ncuriosity in the frontal cortex and its effects on subsequent\nlearning. Twenty-one undergraduate students participated in\nthis two-day study by answering 35 general interest trivia\nquestions, while EEG data was being recorded, also indicating\ntheir curiosity towards the question. One week later,\nparticipants were asked to write down the correct answers to\neach one of the questions. The results of this study suggested\nthat frontal brain asymmetry (FBA) predicts memory recall,\nbut is not directly correlated with self-reported curiosity. Study\nlimitations and future directions are discussed.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"curiosity; EEG; frontal brain asymmetry; learning;\nmemory"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82v1b0sr","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Gabriel","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lima","name_suffix":"","institution":"Drew University","department":""},{"first_name":"Fabiana","middle_name":"","last_name":"Rocha","name_suffix":"","institution":"Drew University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2019-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28781/galley/18652/download/"}]}