Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity traits.
Jach H, Cools R, Frisvold A, Grubb M, Hartley C, Hartmann J, Hunter L, Jia R, de Lange F, Larisch R, Lavelle-Hill R, Levy I, Li Y, van Lieshout L, Nussenbaum K, Ravaioli S, Wang S, Wilson R, Woodford M, Murayama K, Gottlieb J. Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity traits. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2415236121. PMID: 39467138, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2415236121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive tasksPersonality trait measuresTraits of opennessCuriosity traitsPersonality psychologyEmotional processingPersonality measuresPersonality traitsTrait measuresAssociated with curiosityCuriosity measuresIndividual differencesTested multiple aspectsJoyous explorationCognitive scienceDeprivation sensitivityHuman learningPersonsTraitsTaskDimensional structureInformation demandPersonality metricsMultiple aspectsPsychology