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Infants' visual preferences for physically impossible events reflect an early form of curiosity that is positively associated with their broad exploration behaviors and caregivers' awe-inducing activities. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to understand how infants' looking preferences for impossible events reflect early curiosity and relate to caregiver behaviors.

June 6, 2026Open Access

Exploring individual differences in infants' looking preferences for impossible events: The Early Multidimensional Curiosity Scale

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NLNayen LeeArizona State University VLVanessa LazaroUniversity of Chicago JWJinjing Jenny WangRutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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Randomized trial reveals links between caregiver behaviors and infant curiosity in early development, suggesting crucial environmental influences.

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This research aims to understand how infants' looking preferences for impossible events reflect early curiosity and relate to caregiver behaviors.
Two studies involving infants (N = 47 in Study 1; N = 211 in Study 2A) measuring visual preferences using the Early Multidimensional Curiosity Scale.
Factor analyses determined the structure of curiosity and caregiver behaviors.
Examined associations between looking preferences and various curiosity-promoting activities.
Infants' preferences for impossible events positively correlated with their score on the curiosity scale.
Exploratory factor analysis identified four dimensions of infant curiosity and five factors of caregiver activities.
Specific aspects of infant curiosity and caregiver behavior predicted the visual preferences for impossible events.

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Lee et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bbbb71a5da9775e77273 https://doi.org/10.6082/appfg-yvn94

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Randomized trial reveals links between caregiver behaviors and infant curiosity in early development, suggesting crucial environmental influences.

Exploring individual differences in infants' looking preferences for impossible events: The Early Multidimensional Curiosity Scale

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Exploring individual differences in infants' looking preferences for impossible events: The Early Multidimensional Curiosity Scale

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