Curiosity Is Contagious: A Social Influence Intervention to Induce Curiosity

Volume: 45, Issue: 2
Published: Feb 1, 2021
Abstract
Our actions and decisions are regularly influenced by the social environment around us. Can social cues be leveraged to induce curiosity and affect subsequent behavior? Across two experiments, we show that curiosity is contagious: The social environment can influence people's curiosity about the answers to scientific questions. Participants were presented with everyday questions about science from a popular on-line forum, and these were shown...
Paper Details
Title
Curiosity Is Contagious: A Social Influence Intervention to Induce Curiosity
Published Date
Feb 1, 2021
Volume
45
Issue
2
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