Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 422 g
Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 422 g
ISBN: 978-1-009-01304-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Humans constantly search for and use information to solve a wide range of problems related to survival, social interactions, and learning. While it is clear that curiosity and the drive for knowledge occupies a central role in defining what being human means to ourselves, where does this desire to know the unknown come from? What is its purpose? And how does it operate? These are some of the core questions this book seeks to answer by showcasing new and exciting research on human information-seeking. The volume brings together perspectives from leading researchers at the cutting edge of the cognitive sciences, working on human brains and behavior within psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. These vital connections between disciplines will continue to lead to further breakthroughs in our understanding of human cognition.
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Preface Cogliati Dezza ,Schulz and Wu, Part I. What Drives Humans to Seek Information?: 1. The motivational processes of sense-making Zachary Wojtowicz, Nicholas Chater, George Loewenstein; 2. From curiosity to interest: Accumulated knowledge supports long-term persistence of information-seeking behavior Ed Donnellan, Michiko Sakaki, Kou Murayama; 3. Curiosity-driven exploration: diversity of mechanisms and functions Alexander Ten, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Clément moulin-Frier; 4. Searching for information, from infancy to adolescence Costanza De Simone and Azzurra Ruggeri; Part II. How do Humans Search for Information?: 5. What makes a good query? Prospects for a comprehensive theory of human information acquisition Björn Meder, Vincenzo Crupi, Jonathan D. Nelson; 6. Active inference, Bayesian optimal design and expected utility Noor Sajid, Lancelot Da Costa, Thomas Parr and Karl Friston; 7. Exploration beyond bandits Franziska Braendle, Marcel Binz and Eric Schulz; 8. Representational exchange in human social learning: Balancing efficiency and flexibility Charley Wu, Natalia Vélez and Fiery Cushman; Part III. Which machinery supports the drive for knowledge?: 9. Information-seeking in the brain Caroline J. Charpentier and Irene Cogliati Dezza; 10. Attention as rational choice Jacqueline Gottlieb; 11. Seeking inner knowledge: Foraging in semantic space Thomas T. Hills, Nancy B. Lundin, Mahi Luthra and Peter M. Todd; 12. Edgework: Viewing curiosity as fundamentally relational Perry Zurn, Dale Zhou, David M Lydon-Staley and Danielle S. Bassett; Future directions Cogliati Dezza, Schulz and Wu.
