Natural stimulation of brain activity reflects curiosity in older adults

2026 Preprint Open access

Read full text
Authors: Zi-Wei Liang, Zhan Zhijun, Hai-Xin Jiang, Yu Jing
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/79vhj
Cited by: 0

Abstract

It provides open access to raw fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) data and MATLAB analysis scripts supporting the study on curiosity in older adults. We investigated the neural dissociation between epistemic curiosity (desire for knowledge) and social curiosity (desire for social information) using naturalistic video viewing paradigms.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Psychological and Educational Research Studies Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Publication details

Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint