Behold the Blurry Walrus
Why it pays to not have people figured out
I’ve been reading about a recent study on curiosity at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute. Researchers showed participants a series of blurry images, such as a walrus or a frog. The more certain a participant was about the image, the less curious they were (the brain regions associated with curiosity consumed less oxygen).
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