Curiosity and the pleasures of learning: Wanting and liking new information

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 793-814

  Litman, Jordan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD;

EID: 25844497062     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930541000101     Document Type: Review

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