The Wick in the Candle of Learning¶
Kang, M. J., Hsu, M., Krajbich, I. M., Loewenstein, G., McClure, S. M., Wang, J. T., & Camerer, C. F. (2009). The Wick in the Candle of Learning: Epistemic Curiosity Activates Reward Circuitry and Enhances Memory. Psychological Science, 20(8), 963-973.
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Primes¶
- Curiosity
- well-being correlates of trait curiosity. Reinforcement learning and AI Curiosity as intrinsic reward in RL agents (Schmidhuber, Pathak); exploration-exploitation trade- offs;
This sourceCuriosity correlates with caudate (anticipated-reward) activity; subjects spend scarce resources to resolve information gaps. Loosely supports D17-151 (curiosity as intrinsic reward; information gain) as a human-curiosity reward-circuitry anchor in the RL/AI bullet.
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Abstract shows human curiosity correlates with caudate anticipatory-reward activity; it does not cover RL agents, Schmidhuber/Pathak, or exploration-exploitation trade-offs.
“The level of curiosity when reading questions was correlated with activity in caudate regions previously suggested to be involved in anticipated reward.”
- well-being correlates of trait curiosity. Reinforcement learning and AI Curiosity as intrinsic reward in RL agents (Schmidhuber, Pathak); exploration-exploitation trade- offs;
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