{"title":"Divisive language.","authors":"Moira R Dillon","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>What language devises, it might divide. By exploring the relations among the core geometries of the physical world, the abstract geometry of Euclid, and language, I give new insight into both the persistence of core knowledge into adulthood and our access to it through language. My extension of Spelke's language argument has implications for pedagogy, philosophy, and artificial intelligence.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning in the social being system.","authors":"Zoe Jenkin, Lori Markson","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We argue that the core social being system is unlike other core systems in that it participates in frequent, widespread learning. As a result, the social being system is less constant throughout the lifespan and less informationally encapsulated than other core systems. This learning supports the development of the precursors of bias, but also provides avenues for preempting it.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of language in transcending core knowledge.","authors":"Susan Carey","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>What Babies Know</i> (<i>WBK</i>) argues that core knowledge has a unique place in cognitive architecture, between fully perceptual and fully conceptual systems of representation. Here I argue that <i>WBK</i>'s core knowledge is on the perception side of the perception/cognition divide. I discuss some implications of this conclusion for the roles language learning might play in transcending core knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breaking down (and moving beyond) novelty as a trigger of curiosity.","authors":"Emily G Liquin, Tania Lombrozo","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003333","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Novelty Seeking Model (NSM) places \"novelty\" at center stage in characterizing the mechanisms behind curiosity. We argue that the NSM's conception of novelty is too broad, obscuring distinct constructs. More critically, the NSM underemphasizes triggers of curiosity that better unify these constructs and that have received stronger empirical support: those that signal the potential for useful learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prediction error minimization as a common computational principle for curiosity and creativity.","authors":"Maxi Becker, Roberto Cabeza","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose expanding the authors' shared novelty-seeking basis for creativity and curiosity by emphasizing an underlying computational principle: Minimizing prediction errors (mismatch between predictions and incoming data). Curiosity is tied to the anticipation of minimizing prediction errors through future, novel information, whereas creative AHA moments are connected to the actual minimization of prediction errors through current, novel information.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novelty seeking is neither necessary nor sufficient for curiosity or creativity, instead both curiosity and creativity may reflect an epistemic drive.","authors":"Linus Holm, Paul Schrater","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient to link curiosity and creativity as stated in the target article. We point out the article's logical shortcomings, outline preconditions that may link curiosity and creativity, and suggest that curiosity and creativity may be expressions of a common epistemic drive.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Be curious: Strategic curiosity drives creativity.","authors":"Maciej Karwowski, Aleksandra Zielińska","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ivancovsky et al. provide a compelling argument for the role of curiosity in creative thinking. We argue that (a) trait-like curiosity is necessary to engage in creative actions and (b) state-like curiosity might be effectively and strategically induced during interventions. Thus, we posit that curiosity works in an agentic and strategic way in strengthening creativity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting curiouser and curiouser about creativity: The search for a nuanced model.","authors":"C Blaine Horton, Malia F Mason","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ivancovsky et al. propose a novelty-seeking model linking curiosity to creativity. This commentary suggests integrating their work with a stage-based creativity model for additional insights. It also encourages readers to address knowledge gaps identified by the authors, including factors that trigger the pursuit of creative solutions. We aim to refine theory and direct future research to clarify the complex curiosity-creativity relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindfulness, curiosity, and creativity.","authors":"Francesco Pagnini, Philip Maymin, Ellen Langer","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003436","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0140525X23003436","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Curiosity and creativity are manifestations of novelty-seeking mechanisms, closely intertwined and interdependent. This principle aligns seamlessly with the foundational tenets of Langerian mindfulness, which places novelty seeking as a cornerstone. Creativity, curiosity, openness, and flexibility all harmoniously converge in this framework. Spanning over four decades, research in the realm of mindfulness has diligently delved into the intricate interplay among these constructs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A shared novelty-seeking basis for creativity and curiosity: Response to the commentators.","authors":"Tal Ivancovsky, Shira Baror, Moshe Bar","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X24000293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24000293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In our target article, we proposed that curiosity and creativity are both manifestations of the same novelty-seeking process. We received 29 commentaries from diverse disciplines that add insights to our initial proposal. These commentaries ultimately expanded and supplemented our model. Here we draw attention to five central practical and theoretical issues that were raised by the commentators: (1) The complex construct of novelty and associated concepts; (2) the underlying subsystems and possible mechanisms; (3) the different pathways and subtypes of curiosity and creativity; (4) creativity and curiosity \"in the wild\"; (5) the possible link(s) between creativity and curiosity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8698,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral and Brain Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":29.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}