Curosity Article Quiz

What effect does curiosity have on the brain's ability to remember information according to the article?

• Curiosity has no significant effect on memory.

• Curiosity makes it harder to remember information.

• Curiosity only helps with remembering information about the topic of interest.

• Curiosity helps to remember not only information about the topic, but also other unrelated information shown at the same time.

What were participants in the study asked to rate?

• Their level of intelligence.

• How well they could remember facts.

• How curious they were to find out the answer to a specific trivia question.

• Their ability to perform certain tasks while in an MRI machine.

What method was used to measure brain activity in the study mentioned in the article?

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)

• Positron emission tomography (PET)

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

• Computed tomography (CT) scan

What was the surprising finding from the research on curiosity according to the text?

• Curiosity only helps with short-term memory.

• People have better recall of unrelated information when they are curious.

• Curiosity decreases the ability to learn new information.

• Curiosity has no impact on memory recall.

According to the research, what happens in the brain when curiosity is stimulated?

• There is decreased activity in the hippocampus.

• There is increased activity in the regions of the brain associated with memory and reward.

• There is increased activity only in the memory-associated regions of the brain.

• There is decreased activity in the brain regions associated with reward.

What does Fiona Kumfor's work focus on?

• The impact of curiosity on short-term memory.

• How emotions during an event affect the likelihood of the event being remembered.

• The relationship between curiosity and learning new languages.

• The development of memory-related diseases.

What does Jee Hyun Kim suggest could be further investigated?

• The impact of curiosity on long-term memory only.

• Whether different levels of curiosity and motivations affect memory and learning.

• The effect of curiosity on the ability to recognize faces.

• How curiosity affects the recall of trivia questions.

According to Jee Hyun Kim, individuals with high [intrinsic] motivation are better off:

• With external rewards.

• Being left to their own devices.

• With reduced costs.

• When they are not curious.

According to the text, what is unlikely to have any extra benefit on memory when an individual is already self-motivated?

• Intrinsic rewards

• External rewards

• Neurological disorders

• Incidental learning

What may be beneficial if the subject matter to be learned is less interesting and lacks inherent motivation?

• Stimulating curiosity

• External rewards

• Engaging tasks

• Intrinsic rewards