Toshinori Nakamura, Ryuji Furihata, Naomi Hasegawa, Fumitoshi Kodaka, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Kayo Ichihashi, Shinichiro Ochi, Shusuke Numata, Takashi Tsuboi, Manabu Makinodan, Hitoshi Iida, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Hiroko Kashiwagi, Masahiro Takeshima, Naoki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Nagasawa, Masahide Usami, Hirotaka Yamagata, Yoshikazu Takaesu, Kenichiro Miura, Junya Matsumoto, Kazutaka Ohi, Hisashi Yamada, Hikaru Hori, Ken Inada, Koichiro Watanabe, Ryota Hashimoto, Norio Yasui-Furukori
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curiosity plays key role directing learning throughout lifespan prior work finds violations expectations powerful triggers curiosity children adults unclear expectationviolating events induce greatest curiosity might vary development theories suggested ushaped function stimuli moderate extremity pique greatest curiosity however expectationviolations vary degree kind example things violate intuitive theory eg alligator talk others merely unlikely eg alligator hiding bed combining research curiosity distinctions posited cognitive science religion test whether minimally counterintuitive mci stimuli involve one violation intuitive theory especially effective triggering curiosity presented adults n 77 4 5yearolds n 36 united states stimuli ordinary unlikely mci counterintuitive vci asked one would like learn adults 5yearolds chose unlikely ordinary mci unlikely vci mci often chance results suggest minimally counterintuitive stimuli trigger greater curiosity merely unlikely stimuli ii surprisingness diminishing returns iii sensitivity surprisingness increases age appearing task age 5