The Brain Blown Podcast

Neuroscience of Curiosity: Practicing Curiosity

August 9, 2026·13 min
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Following the full episode, the Neuroscience of Curiosity.>> ⁠⁠⁠Support the Brain Blown on ⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠>> Have questions, stories, or topics you want us to cover? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@brainblownpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.>> Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brainblownpodcast.com⁠⁠RESOURCESSystems Neuroscience of Curiosity — Roberto Lopez Cervera, Maya Zhe Wang & Benjamin Y. HaydenOn Curiosity: A Fundamental Aspect of Personality, a Practice of Network Growth — Perry Zurn & Danielle S. BassetInterest Development and Its Relation to Curiosity: Needed Neuroscientific Research — Suzanne E. Hidi & K. Ann RenningerExploring Curiosity in Neuroscience: A Contextual Analysis of Key Studies from 2020 to 2024 — Dragoș GrigorescuA Shared Novelty-Seeking Basis for Creativity and Curiosity — Tal Ivancovsky, Shira Barorc & Moshe BaraCuriosity as the Impulse to Know: Common Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Curiosity and Impulsivity — Caroline B. Marvin, Ellen Tedeschi & Daphna ShohamyThe Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity — Celeste Kidd & Benjamin Y. HaydenCuriosity-Driven Exploration: Foundations in Neuroscience and Computational Modeling — Alireza Modirshanechi, Kacper Kondrakiewicz, Wulfram Gerstner & Sebastian HaeslerCuriosity in Childhood and Adolescence — What Can We Learn from the Brain — Matthias J. Gruber & Yana Fandakova

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