Although our general tendency to be curious may decrease with age, our situational or "state" curiosity might actually increase across the lifespan, which might help boost well-being and cognitive out
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Although our general tendency to be curious may decrease with age, our situational or "state" curiosity might actually increase across the lifespan, which might help boost well-being and cognitive outcomes in older age
Article URL: https://plos.io/3SatjAg
Article title: Curiosity across the adult lifespan: Age-related differences in state and trait curiosity
Author countries: U.S., Germany
Funding: National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) Award Number R01AG044335 to AC: https://www.nia.nih.gov/ Leverhulme Trust Grant Number RL-2016-030 to KM: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/ Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Professorship to KM: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ No funders played a role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/3SatjAg
Article title: Curiosity across the adult lifespan: Age-related differences in state and trait curiosity
Author countries: U.S., Germany
Funding: National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) Award Number R01AG044335 to AC: https://www.nia.nih.gov/ Leverhulme Trust Grant Number RL-2016-030 to KM: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/ Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Professorship to KM: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ No funders played a role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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