How the predictors of math achievement change over time: A longitudinal machine learning approach.

Lavelle-Hill, R., Frenzel, A. C., Goetz, T., Lichtenfeld, S., Marsh, H. W., Pekrun, R., Sakaki, M., Smith, G., & Murayama, K. (2024). How the predictors of math achievement change over time: A longitudinal machine learning approach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(8), 1383–1403.

Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity personality traits

Jach, H. K., Cools, R., Frisvold, A., Grubb, M. A., Hartley, C. A., Hartmann, J., Hunter, L., Jia, R., De Lange, F. P., Larisch, R., Lavelle-Hill, R., Levy, I., Li, Y., Van Lieshout, L. L. F., Nussenbaum, K., Ravaioli, S., Wang, S., Wilson, R., Woodford, M., … Gottlieb, J. (2024). Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(45), e2415236121.

The magic, memory, and curiosity fMRI dataset of people viewing magic tricks.

Meliss, S., Pascua-Martin, C., Skipper, J. I., & Murayama, K. (2024). The magic, memory, and curiosity fMRI dataset of people viewing magic tricks. Scientific Data, 11(1), 1063.

Social contagion of challenge-seeking behaviour.

Ogulmus, C., Lee, Y., Chakrabarti, B., & Murayama, K. (2024). Social contagion of challenge-seeking behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(10), 2573–2587.

Causal inference on human behavior.

Bailey, D. H., Jung, A. J., Beltz, A. M., Eronen, M. I., Gische, C., Hamaker, E. L., Kording, K. P., Lebel, C., Lindquist, M. A., Moeller, J., Razi, A., Rohrer, J. M., Zhang, B., & Murayama, K. (2024). Causal inference on human behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(8), 1448–1459.

Using games to understand the mind.

Allen, K., Brändle, F., Botvinick, M., Fan, J. E., Gershman, S. J., Gopnik, A., Griffiths, T. L., Hartshorne, J. K., Hauser, T. U., Ho, M. K., de Leeuw, J. R., Ma, W. J., Murayama, K., Nelson, J. D., van Opheusden, B., Pouncy, T., Rafner, J., Rahwan, I., Rutledge, R. B., Sherson, J., Şimşek, Ö., Spiers, H., Summerfield, C., Thalmann, M., Vélez, N., Watrous, A. J., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Schulz, E. (2024). Using games to understand the mind. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(6), 1035–1043.

Role of metacognitive confidence judgments in curiosity: Different effects of confidence on curiosity across epistemic and perceptual domains.

Sakaki, M., Ten, A., Stone, H., & Murayama, K. (2024). Role of metacognitive confidence judgments in curiosity: Different effects of confidence on curiosity across epistemic and perceptual domains. Cognitive Science, 48(6), e13474.

Creativity is motivated by novelty. Curiosity is triggered by uncertainty.

Singh, A., & Murayama, K. (2024). Creativity is motivated by novelty. Curiosity is triggered by uncertainty. (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47, e115.

Adult age differences in noninstrumental information-seeking strategies.

Fastrich, G. M., FitzGibbon, L., Lau, J. K., Aslan, S., Sakaki, M., & Murayama, K. (2024). Adult age differences in noninstrumental information-seeking strategies. Psychology and Aging, 39(3), 313–323.

Broad brain networks support curiosity-motivated incidental learning of naturalistic dynamic stimuli with and without monetary incentives

Meliss, S., Tsuchiyagaito, A., Byrne, P., Van Reekum, C., & Murayama, K. (2024). Broad brain networks support curiosity-motivated incidental learning of naturalistic dynamic stimuli with and without monetary incentives. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1–27.