The RTG 2906 aims to characterise the biological, neuropsychological and computational underpinnings of curiosity.
RTG 2906 Curiosity
Curiosity is broadly defined as an impulse to acquire more information about specific aspects of our environment. Despite an explosion of research on curiosity, there remain key challenges to our understanding of this construct. Across three research areas, RTG 2906 will seek to broaden our understanding of curiosity with regards to (1) the factors driving differences in the extent to which curiosity manifests across species and across development, (2) the consequences of enlisting curiosity-driven behaviour in specific settings and (3) simulating biological curiosity in neural network models of cognitive function. Bringing together researchers from diverse fields such as psychology, behavioural biology, systems and theoretical neuroscience, RTG 2906 aims to characterise the biological, neuropsychological and computational underpinnings of curiosity.
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