High-curiosity states did not enhance recognition memory for incidental face images in children or adolescents¶
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q3 i0 Recognition accuracy for faces shown during anticipation did not differ between high- and low-curiosity conditions, and no curiosity-by-age interaction emerged. → Fandakova Yana 2021
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Fandakova Yana 2021¶
Fandakova Yana, Gruber Matthias J. (2021). States of curiosity and interest enhance memory differently in adolescents and in children. Developmental Science, 24(1), e13005. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13005
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ANOVA on face recognition accuracy (hits minus false alarms) with factors pre-answer curiosity and age group found "no significant effects of age group... curiosity... nor a curiosity-by-age group interaction"; exploratory analyses by confidence level also found no curiosity effects (all ps > .22 for high-confidence).
"revealed no significant effects of age group, (F(1,58) = 2.73, p = .10, ηp2 = .05), curiosity, (F(1,58) = 0.43, p = .52, ηp2 = .01), nor a curiosity-by-age group interaction(F(1,58) = 0.58, p = .45, ηp2 = .01"
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Related Claims¶
- Curiosity enhances learning, including for incidental material encountered during high-curiosity states — reports the opposite
- Positive information prediction errors enhance memory for low-curiosity answers increasingly with age — related
- States of high pre-answer curiosity enhance memory for trivia answers similarly in children and adolescents — related
- Children with greater curiosity-related trivia memory benefits also show greater curiosity-related incidental face memory benefits — related
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High-curiosity states did not enhance recognition memory for incidental face images in children or adolescents |
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High-curiosity states did not enhance recognition memory for incidental face images in children or adolescents |
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