Up: [[Curiosity]] Created: 2024-01-10 In what ways does curiosity resemble other basic drive states? How does it differ? To what extent is curiosity fundamentally different from drives like hunger and thirst? What is the most useful taxonomy of curiosity? How well does Berlyne’s categorization hold up? What factors unite distinct forms of curiosity? See [[Tension Reduction Models of Curiosity]] How is curiosity controlled? What factors govern curiosity, and how does the brain integrate these factors into decision-making to produce decisions? To what extent is curiosity context-dependent? Does our continuing curiosity in adulthood serve a purpose or is it vestigal? Does continued curiosity serve to maintain cognitive abilities throughout adulthood? What is the link between curiosity and learning? Why and how is curiosity affected by diseases like depression and ADHD? Can sensitive measures of curiosity be used to predict and measure cognitive decline, senility, and Alzheimers’ Disease? > [!User] [Curiosity Researchers](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635443/) in an article titled *The psychology and neuroscience of curiosity*