Curiosity Fosters Learning: Reasearch Says.

[Quark 7,098]

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I think we all kind of already knew this. But this is just an official research:

 

"Are you curious about why you learn more effectively when you’re curious about a subject? The chances are you’ll remember the research findings you’re about to read about. New research published Thursday in the journal Neuron suggests that people are more intrinsically motivated to learn when they are in a state of curiosity, and this mental state enhances long-term memory.

In the study, researchers from the University of California at Davis asked volunteers to rate how curious they were about particular trivia questions and then imaged their brains using functional magnetic resonance imaging while they answered the questions. They found that being in a curious state increased activity in the hippocampus, a brain region that is important for forming new memories; it also increased activity in the brain’s reward system that triggers feelings of excitement and pleasure.

When the volunteers were asked to recall the answers to questions a day after the imaging, they were able to correctly recall 71 percent of the correct answers to high-curiosity questions compared to 54 percent of low-curiosity questions. They also were better able to recall incidental facts, like facial images, that they were exposed to while they were in this curious state."

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/10/03/new-research-shows-how-curiosity-fosters-learning/DaSHTdtI5hxquj6qfgT0RM/story.html

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

In other "scientific research" words.....you're more likely to learn something if you're actually interested in the subject....

[Azor Ahai 18,861]

So basically if you care about something and then study about it you will learn more than if you didnt care?

Didnt every human being know about this already?

[amenART 429]

So basically if you care about something and then study about it you will learn more than if you didnt care?

Didnt every human being know about this already?

this

[Morphine Prince 109,683]

So basically if you care about something and then study about it you will learn more than if you didnt care?

Didnt every human being know about this already?

Well, yes. But the research is important because it shows WHY this happens. Correlation is not always causation.

 

Every human thought the world was flat a couple of centuries too but look how that turned out.

[Andy McQueen 4,484]

Well, that's hardly surprising, is it? ;)

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

I was reading this last night, very fascinating indeed!

Well, yes. But the research is important because it shows WHY this happens. Correlation is not always causation.

 

Every human thought the world was flat a couple of centuries too but look how that turned out.

Actually, correlation is never causation. Correlation studies can never be thought to indicate causation, as they don't account for third variables or which one "causes" the other. Correlation only means there's a relationship between the two, but it doesn't indicate to what extent or in what way.

[Morphine Prince 109,683]

I was reading this last night, very fascinating indeed!

Actually, correlation is never causation. Correlation studies can never be thought to indicate causation, as they don't account for third variables or which one "causes" the other. Correlation only means there's a relationship between the two, but it doesn't indicate to what extent or in what way.

Yeah, you're right. I used the wrong wording.

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Yeah, you're right. I used the wrong wording.

I figured as much, as you clearly understood it didn't mean that, just thought I would go further with it :)

[Economy 52,861]

Probably why everything i learn about economics and astro-physics stays in my head cuz i geniuinly love it!

Other stuff i forget fast

So basically if you care about something and then study about it you will learn more than if you didnt care?

Didnt every human being know about this already?

theres lots of things we know work a certain way but we may not know the science behind it

In this case they are partially explaining WHY it is that u learn something better when ur interested in it. They explained how ur brain becomes more active!