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martedì 16 luglio 2024
# gst: curiosity-driven search for novel behaviors.
sabato 2 marzo 2024
# behav: ADHD may have been a feature of nomadic exploration among hunter-gatherer societies
sabato 15 maggio 2021
# behav: apropos of the uncertainty about the 'Zona Incerta', a thresholding mechanism involved in curiosity and novelty-seeking behavior
sabato 5 maggio 2018
# brain: pulsatile curiosity
<< The most surprising association offered new insight: Children with lower socioeconomic status generally have lower achievement than peers, but those who were characterized as curious performed similarly on math and reading assessments as children from higher income families. Our results suggest that while higher curiosity is associated with higher academic achievement in all children, the association of curiosity with academic achievement is greater in children with low socioeconomic status >> Prachi Shah.
University of Michigan. Study explores link between curiosity and school achievement. Apr 30, 2018.
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-explores-link-curiosity-school.html
Prachi E. Shah, Heidi M. Weeks, et al. Early childhood curiosity and kindergarten reading and math academic achievement. Pediatric Research. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0039-3. Apr 26, 2018.
giovedì 5 aprile 2018
# gst: high entropy can alloy immiscible nanoparticles
<< Making a giant leap in the 'tiny' field of nanoscience, a multi-institutional team of researchers is the first to create nanoscale particles composed of up to eight distinct elements generally known to be immiscible, or incapable of being mixed or blended together >>
<< To create the high entropy alloy nanoparticles, the researchers employed a two-step method of flash heating followed by flash cooling >>
<< With cross-discipline curiosity, the demonstrated applications of these particles will become even more widespread >> Steven D. Lacey.
University of Maryland. Scientists mix the unmixable to create 'shocking' nanoparticles. Mar 29, 2018.
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-unmixable-nanoparticles.html
Yonggang Yao, Zhennan Huang, et al.
Carbothermal shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles. Science. 2018; 359 (6383): 1489 - 94. doi: 10.1126/science.aan5412
giovedì 19 novembre 2015
# rmx-s-brain: yes, we all know what killed the cat ...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/cp-csa102815.php
Kidd C. and Hayden B.Y. "The psychology and neuroscience of curiosity" Neuron Volume 88, Issue 3, p449–460, 4 November 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.010