Self-motivated and directed learning across the lifespan

LM Cronin-Golomb, PJ Bauer - Acta Psychologica, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Self-motivated and directed learning is integral to knowledge base expansion for learners of
all ages. Both motivational and cognitive processes drive self-motivated and directed …

The development of human causal learning and reasoning

MK Goddu, A Gopnik - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Causal understanding is a defining characteristic of human cognition. Like many animals,
human children learn to control their bodily movements and act effectively in the …

Exploration, explanation, and parent–child interaction in museums

MA Callanan, CH Legare, DM Sobel… - Monographs of the …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Young children develop causal knowledge through everyday family conversations and
activities. Children's museums are an informative setting for studying the social context of …

Supporting early scientific thinking through curiosity

JJ Jirout - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Curiosity and curiosity-driven questioning are important for develo** scientific thinking
and more general interest and motivation to pursue scientific questions. Curiosity has been …

Question-asking in childhood: A review of the literature and a framework for understanding its development

S Ronfard, IM Zambrana, TK Hermansen… - Developmental …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Children's ability to query others is remarkable because it attests to their coordination of a
range of complex cognitive capacities and because it allows them to initiate and redirect …

Searching for rewards like a child means less generalization and more directed exploration

E Schulz, CM Wu, A Ruggeri… - Psychological …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
How do children and adults differ in their search for rewards? We considered three different
hypotheses that attribute developmental differences to (a) children's increased random …

Curiosity as a metacognitive feeling

L Goupil, J Proust - Cognition, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Curious information-seeking is known to be a key driver for learning, but characterizing this
important psychological phenomenon remains a challenge. In this article, we argue that …

[HTML][HTML] Explanation-seeking curiosity in childhood

EG Liquin, T Lombrozo - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Explanation-seeking curiosity (ESC) motivates the pursuit of explanations.•ESC is
highly selective: it is not triggered merely by ignorance or uncertainty.•Children can acquire …

Multifaceted information-seeking motives in children

G Molinaro, I Cogliati Dezza, SK Bühler… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
From an early age, children need to gather information to learn about their environment.
Deciding which knowledge to pursue can be difficult because information can serve several …

Toddlers strategically adapt their information search

F Poli, YL Li, P Naidu, RB Mars, S Hunnius… - nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Adaptive information seeking is essential for humans to effectively navigate complex and
dynamic environments. Here, we developed a gaze-contingent eye-tracking paradigm to …