{"title":"Computational models of intrinsic motivation for curiosity and creativity.","authors":"Sophia Becker, Alireza Modirshanechi, Wulfram Gerstner","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We link Ivancovsky et al.'s novelty-seeking model (NSM) to computational models of intrinsically motivated behavior and learning. We argue that dissociating different forms of curiosity, creativity, and memory based on the involvement of distinct intrinsic motivations (e.g., surprise and novelty) is essential to empirically test the conceptual claims of the NSM.</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":"141069508","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":"Is a wandering mind a novelty-seeking mind? The curious case of incubation.","authors":"Myrthe Faber, Alwin de Rooij","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Novelty-Seeking Model can explain incubation's effect on creativity by assuming an adaptive decision threshold. During an impasse, the threshold for novelty becomes too high and biased to previous neural activity, hindering progress. Incubation \"resets\" this threshold through attentional decoupling, allowing for spontaneous ideas to emerge from subsequent mind wandering or other activities that attract attention, facilitating progress.</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":"141069887","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":"Commentary on creativity and curiosity.","authors":"Mark A Runco","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The target article covers a large amount of ground and offers a provocative perspective. This commentary focuses on (a) assumptions, namely that there are discrete stages in the creative process and that novelty and usefulness are inextricable, (b) hidden variables in the creativity-curiosity relationship, and (c) the difference between an <i>explanation</i> of creativity versus a description of <i>influence</i> on it.</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":"141069506","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}
Erik Gustafsson, Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa, Emily R R Burdett
{"title":"A shared \"optimal-level of arousal\": Seeking basis for creativity and curiosity.","authors":"Erik Gustafsson, Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa, Emily R R Burdett","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We argue that the phases identified in the novelty-seeking model can be clarified by considering an updated version of the optimal-level of arousal model, which incorporates the \"arousal\" and \"mood changing\" potentials of stimuli and contexts. Such a model provides valuable insights into what determines one's state of mind, inter-individual differences, and the rewarding effects of curiosity and 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":"141070605","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}
Yana Litovsky, Samantha Horn, Christopher Y Olivola
{"title":"Curiosity is more than novelty seeking.","authors":"Yana Litovsky, Samantha Horn, Christopher Y Olivola","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The novelty-seeking model (NSM) does not offer a compelling unifying framework for understanding creativity and curiosity. It fails to explain important manifestations and features of curiosity. Moreover, the arguments offered to support a curiosity-creativity link - a shared association with a common core process and various superficial associations between them - are neither convincing nor do they yield useful predictions.</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":"141069628","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":"Creativity is motivated by novelty. Curiosity is triggered by uncertainty.","authors":"Aditya Singh, Kou Murayama","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although creativity and curiosity can be similarly construed as knowledge-building processes, their underlying motivation is fundamentally different. Specifically, curiosity drives organisms to seek information that reduces uncertainty so that they can make a better prediction about the world. On the contrary, creative processes aim to connect distant pieces of information, maximizing novelty and utility.</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":"141069509","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}
Matthijs Baas, Claire E Stevenson, Corinna Perchtold-Stefan, Bernard A Nijstad, Carsten K W De Dreu
{"title":"Distinct neurocognitive pathways underlying creativity: An integrative approach.","authors":"Matthijs Baas, Claire E Stevenson, Corinna Perchtold-Stefan, Bernard A Nijstad, Carsten K W De Dreu","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003497","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0140525X23003497","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>By examining the shared neuro-cognitive correlates of curiosity and creativity, we better understand the brain basis of creativity. However, by only examining shared components, important neuro-cognitive correlates are overlooked. Here, we argue that any comprehensive brain model of creativity should consider multiple cognitive processes and, alongside the interplay between brain networks, also the neurochemistry and neural oscillations that underly 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":"141069755","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}
Todd B Kashdan, James C Kaufman, Patrick E McKnight
{"title":"The costs of curiosity and creativity: Minimizing the downsides while maximizing the upsides.","authors":"Todd B Kashdan, James C Kaufman, Patrick E McKnight","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The unbridled positivity toward curiosity and creativity may be excessive. Both aid species survival through exploration and advancement. These beneficial effects are well documented. What remains is to understand their optimal levels and contexts for maximal achievement, health, and well-being. Every beneficial element to individuals and groups carries the potential for harm - curiosity and creativity included.</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":"141069924","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":"Toward a causal model of curiosity and creativity.","authors":"David J Grüning, Joachim I Krueger","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We extend Ivancovsky et al.'s finding on the association between curiosity and creativity by proposing a sequential causal model assuming that (a) curiosity determines the motivation to seek information and that (b) creativity constitutes a capacity to act on that motivation. This framework assumes that both high levels of curiosity and creativity are necessary for information-seeking behavior.</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":"141070071","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":"Mood regulation as a shared basis for creativity and curiosity.","authors":"Daniel C Zeitlen, Karen Gasper, Roger E Beaty","doi":"10.1017/S0140525X23003461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23003461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We extend the work of Ivancovsky et al. by proposing that in addition to novelty seeking, mood regulation goals - including enhancing positive mood and repairing negative mood - motivate both creativity and curiosity. Additionally, we discuss how the effects of mood on state of mind are context-dependent (not fixed), and how such flexibility may impact 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":"141069835","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}