Research areas

RTG 2906 Curiosity comprises of several PhD projects, each of which is assigned to a primary research area, with links to other research areas:

Research area A: When are we curious?

Projects in Research Area A examine the common denominators of situations in which individuals display curiosity and the factors underlying differences in the extent to which curiosity manifests across species and across development.

Research area B: Why are we curious?

Projects in Research Area B seek to understand why individuals display curiosity by examining potential positive and negative consequences of curiosity-driven behaviour.

Research area C: How are we curious?

Projects in Research area C examine the neuropsychological and neurocomputational mechanisms underlying curiosity in order to simulate biological curiosity in neural network models of cognitive function.

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