September 29, 2025Open Access

Neural responses to state curiosity in young children

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MZMaayan S ZivUniversity of Pennsylvania MEMonica E Ellwood-LoweStanford University MBMorgan BotdorfChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia

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An fMRI task reveals curiosity's impact on neural activity and learning in children aged 5 to 8, suggesting enhanced engagement in language and visual regions.

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Higher levels of reported curiosity in children are linked to improved learning outcomes.
Children's neural activity revealed significant engagement in the inferior frontal gyrus and thalamus when curious.
The study utilized fMRI to analyze neural responses during curiosity-driven learning in 5- to 8-year-olds.
These findings highlight the importance of curiosity in enhancing children's cognitive engagement during learning.

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Ziv et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68da58d1c1728099cfd10e51 https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/afh3d_v1

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An fMRI task reveals curiosity's impact on neural activity and learning in children aged 5 to 8, suggesting enhanced engagement in language and visual regions.

Neural responses to state curiosity in young children

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Neural responses to state curiosity in young children

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