In search of the neural circuits of intrinsic motivation

Children seem to acquire new know-how in a continuous and open-ended manner. In this paper, we hypothesize that an intrinsic motivation to progress in learning is at the origins of the remarkable structure of children's developmental trajectories. In this view, children engage in exploratory an...

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Main Authors: Frederic Kaplan, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2007-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.01.1.1.017.2007/full