The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children
IntroductionThere has been a growing interest in the role of innate curiosity on facets of human cognition, such as in spatial learning and memory. Yet, it is unclear how state level curiosity evoked by the current environment could interact differentially with trait curiosity, to impact spatial mem...
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| author | Yadurshana Sivashankar Myra Fernandes Pierre-Yves Oudeyer Hélène Sauzéon Hélène Sauzéon |
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| description | IntroductionThere has been a growing interest in the role of innate curiosity on facets of human cognition, such as in spatial learning and memory. Yet, it is unclear how state level curiosity evoked by the current environment could interact differentially with trait curiosity, to impact spatial memory performance.MethodsWe assessed the influence of trait and state curiosity on route memory. Forty-two 10-year-old children with low and high-trait curiosity (20 Females; 22 Males) actively explored virtual environments that elicited varying levels of uncertainty (i.e., state-curiosity).ResultsAs trait curiosity increased, so did memory performance in low and high uncertainty conditions, suggesting that high-curiosity children can better recruit cognitive resources within non-optimal environments. Children with high compared to low trait curiosity also reported greater feelings of presence during exploration. Importantly, in environments with medium uncertainty, children with low trait curiosity were able to perform as well as those with high curiosity.DiscussionResults show that individual differences in trait curiosity influence route learning and these interact dynamically with state-curiosity invoked within different environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0eb847a99f5461ca23dc456fcd62fef2024-03-14T04:21:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cognition2813-45322024-03-01310.3389/fcogn.2024.13462801346280The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in childrenYadurshana Sivashankar0Myra Fernandes1Pierre-Yves Oudeyer2Hélène Sauzéon3Hélène Sauzéon4Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaFlowers Team, INRIA, University of Bordeaux, Talence, FranceFlowers Team, INRIA, University of Bordeaux, Talence, FranceBPH Bordeaux Population Health, University of Bordeaux, Talence, FranceIntroductionThere has been a growing interest in the role of innate curiosity on facets of human cognition, such as in spatial learning and memory. Yet, it is unclear how state level curiosity evoked by the current environment could interact differentially with trait curiosity, to impact spatial memory performance.MethodsWe assessed the influence of trait and state curiosity on route memory. Forty-two 10-year-old children with low and high-trait curiosity (20 Females; 22 Males) actively explored virtual environments that elicited varying levels of uncertainty (i.e., state-curiosity).ResultsAs trait curiosity increased, so did memory performance in low and high uncertainty conditions, suggesting that high-curiosity children can better recruit cognitive resources within non-optimal environments. Children with high compared to low trait curiosity also reported greater feelings of presence during exploration. Importantly, in environments with medium uncertainty, children with low trait curiosity were able to perform as well as those with high curiosity.DiscussionResults show that individual differences in trait curiosity influence route learning and these interact dynamically with state-curiosity invoked within different environments.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcogn.2024.1346280/fullintrinsic motivationcuriosityroute learningindividual differencesvirtual reality |
| spellingShingle | Yadurshana Sivashankar Myra Fernandes Pierre-Yves Oudeyer Hélène Sauzéon Hélène Sauzéon The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children Frontiers in Cognition intrinsic motivation curiosity route learning individual differences virtual reality |
| title | The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| title_full | The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| title_fullStr | The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| title_full_unstemmed | The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| title_short | The beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| title_sort | beneficial role of curiosity on route memory in children |
| topic | intrinsic motivation curiosity route learning individual differences virtual reality |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcogn.2024.1346280/full |
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